SOTU: Rep. Al Green held a sign "Black people aren't apes."

[sheshe2]

Appears as though Rep. Al Green was already removed:

— Jordan Uhl (@jordanuhl.com) 2026-02-25T02:19:05.265Z

Kyle Griffin
‪@kylegriffin1.bsky.social‬

Rep. Al Green held a sign as Trump walked by him in the chamber reading "Black people aren't apes." He was just removed from the chamber.

Rep. Al Green held a sign as Trump walked by him in the chamber reading "Black people aren't apes." He was just removed from the chamber.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T02:15:17.023Z

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Not watching, just reading BSky.

[SheltieLover]

1. I love Al Green!

[sheshe2]

5. So do I!!!

[SheltieLover]

7. ...

[AZJonnie]

2. All Homo Sapiens actually are apes

Great Apes, to be precise

However, point taken here, good on Al Green

[drray23]

3. removed for what?

Do they think stating that black people are not apes is controversial?

[sheshe2]

6. Mag-ots have such thin skin.

[hamsterjill]

4. Good Trouble!!!

I saw a comment that made me laugh. It read:

"Damn, he got to protest AND go home early!!!"

[kwolf68]

8. I'd love to shake this man's hand

I am not watching, watched basketball that pissed me off so I figured I'd one up it by following some of the threads here on DU.

[Cha]

9. The PEDO Class Can't handle the Truth.

Bravissimo To Texas Rep Al Green!

Mahalo, she

[sheshe2]

11. I agree!

You have to love Al Green Texas kicking ass.

[FascismIsDeath]

10. Al Green doing what Al Green does best. He is the face of "good trouble" in the House, IMO.

[sheshe2]

12. That he is!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Hakeem Jeffries defends Rep. Al Green's 'on point' message to Trump at SOTU

Al Green was very effective last night.

Link to tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/live-blog/trump-means-surgeon-general-congress-state-of-the-union-live-updates-rcna260120#rcrd101892

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., had warned his Democratic members not to engage in any distracting protests during Trump’s State of the Union address.

But today he defended Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who was escorted out of Trump’s address last night after he held up a sign to the president reading: “Black People Are Not Apes!”

“I thought the Democratic response was appropriately restrained and forceful at the same period of time, and that was obvious to anybody who was watching,” Jeffries said as he kicked off House Democrats’ annual issues conference.

“With respect to Rep. Green’s response, it was both appropriate and restrained at the same period of time,” Jeffries continued. “Now, his message that he communicated was obviously on point, but it was far less profane than my reaction to the very same racist video that Donald Trump felt compelled to produce.”

Trump sparked a firestorm this month when he posted a video on social media depicting former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. After GOP backlash, Trump deleted the video, but he has refused to apologize.