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WATCH: Texas Democratic Rep. Green interrupts Trump

Politics Mar 4, 2025 9:46 PM EDT

At the start of President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas stood up to yell in protest.

Watch the interruption in the player above.

Republicans attempted to drown him out with “USA!” chants, but the Texas lawmaker continued to stand and shout at the president. Other Democrats inside the chamber opted for a silent protest, holding signs or wearing T-shirts that were critical of Trump and his policies.

House Speaker Mike Johnson then directed the sergeant-at-arms to remove Green from the chamber.

The first speech of Trump’s second term in office, while not officially a State of the Union address, is a chance for the president to lay out legislative priorities and tout early achievements.

Trump has moved to deliver on some of his campaign promises at breakneck speed, signing more than 75 executive orders in little more than a month. Thousands of federal workers have been fired at the direction of the Department of Government Efficiency and Trump adviser and billionaire Elon Musk.

Close to half of Americans in the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll disapprove of Trump’s job performance so far, but his approval rating, at 45 percent, is higher than at any point of his first term. While 54 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the wrong direction, 45 percent believe the country is on the right track, a 10-point jump from December 2024.