Al Green's removal has led social media users to call it a "double standard" after past Republican hecklers of Democratic presidents were allowed to stay.

The House of Representatives on Thursday morning voted to censure U.S. Rep. Al Green of Houston for his outburst during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech. The vote was 224 to 198. Ten Democrats joined all Republicans in favor of the resolution,

Rep. Green said his interruptions of Trump were "spontaneous" but he would do it again because he's guided by his conscience not the opinions of colleagues. The post MSNBC Host Asks Censured Trump Heckler Al Green If Other Dems Are ‘TOO Civil’ While Freedom is ‘Literally On The Line’ first appeared on Mediaite.

Rep. Al Green is believed to be he first lawmaker in modern history to be thrown out of a Joint Session of Congress or a State of the Union address.

“They just kicked African American Congressman Al Green out of Trump’s Speech,” wrote Democratic pundit Brian Krassenstein on X. “Weird that Marjorie Taylor Greene was never removed when she went off at Biden’s SOTU a few years ago.”

Who is Rep. Al Green? And why was the Texas Democrat kicked out of Donald Trump's address to Congress? What to know about the longtime representative.

Six minutes into President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday, Texas Rep. Al Green, a Democrat, was removed from the House chamber after he interrupted Trump and refused to take his seat. Green’s removal was the latest in a series of partisan heckling events that have marked recent presidential addresses to Congress.