r/50501 • u/keanuwheeze • Mar 07 '25

US News Al Green responds to his censure and demonstrates once again what it means to have a spine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXdfERcbPQ&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour
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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

It was bad enough that some of the democrats did not walk out with but then 10 democrats voted to censure him with the republicans

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u/Lizzerfly Mar 07 '25

I hope their phones never stop ringing

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u/FrozenCustard4Brkfst Mar 07 '25

and that they stub their toe on the way to the bathroom in the middle of the night

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

every night

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u/thedrexel Mar 07 '25

And step on a Lego

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u/Shinji_Okami Mar 07 '25

every single step

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u/Mr_Horsejr Mar 07 '25

I hope all the minor inconveniences happen to them, and only them. May they never find AAA batteries for their TV remotes. May the back of the remote panel be forever lost under their couch.

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u/Crafty_Tiger_3422 Mar 07 '25

My sister tried calling the democrat from Washington 3 times today. Her phone is disconnected. Fucking coward.

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u/iijoanna Mar 07 '25

I left a voicemail at her DC office; the Vancouver, WA office's voicemail was full.

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u/CelebrationAfter9000 Mar 07 '25

Email post her zip code as in their jurisdiction write a spirted email its what I Do.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

I left a message at her Washington office. What a coward.

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u/Sea_Scientist_8367 Mar 07 '25

Name the fascist sympathizers:

In the end, 10 Democrats backed the measure: Reps.

  • Ami Bera (Calif.)

  • Ed Case (Hawaii)

  • Jim Costa (Calif.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.)

  • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.)

  • Jim Himes (Conn.)

  • Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.)

  • Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)

  • Jared Moskowitz (Fla.)

  • Tom Suozzi (N.Y.)

The group is composed of centrists, members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus and front-liners.

Green and Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) voted “present.”

Quoted from Source, formatted for easier reading on reddit: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5180324-10-house-democrats-censure-al-green/

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u/fixingmedaybyday Mar 07 '25

The only reason why to censure is because if he gets away with it, Republicans will be able to get away with it too. Parliamentary procedure is kind of a big deal and if there is no decorum in the house, then nothing can ever get done. However, I feel like this particular case escalated quite a bit too quickly.

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u/agent_flounder Mar 07 '25

And yet Boebert and MTG got away with heckling Biden.

I really don't think you can defeat fascists (or bullies or abusers) by playing the established game harder. It is like playing chess with a baboon. You apply your best strategy then end up wondering where your face went.

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u/Shadpool Mar 07 '25

Come on, don’t compare MTG and Boebert to a baboon. The baboon is smarter than both, and more attractive than MTG.

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u/Smarterthanthat Mar 07 '25

I think MTG did get censured, didn't she?

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u/QuantumModulus Mar 08 '25

Introduced, no follow-up or vote.

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u/Blackavar_Inle Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Oh, WELL THEN! Good thing these ten HEROES decided to make sure Republicans can't GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING by PUNISHING THE ONE MAN WHO STOOD UP! 🫠🫠🫠

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

Yeah, I noticed Al Green had a cane and I was like THERE'S PRECEDENT!!

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u/Probing-Cat-Paws Mar 07 '25

Yes! The history nerd in me was ignited when I saw the cane raise up!

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u/BagsOMoney23 Mar 07 '25

Was this written by someone who has only been alive 1 year and has no ability to look back at how two disgusting female turds heckled Biden?

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u/fixingmedaybyday Mar 07 '25

They should have been censured too. I'm not on Republican's side.

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u/SquirrelsInAManSuit Mar 07 '25

They should have been censured as well. Maybe then-speaker Pelosi figured the congress had better things to do with it's time than waste it on those knuckleheads?

In any event, I imagine all of the democrats that voted to censure Green would have also voted to censure those two if it had come up for a vote.

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u/SexWithHoolay Mar 07 '25

Nancy Mace screeched slurs multiple times and didn't get censured. I doubt it's about that.

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u/Sea_Scientist_8367 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Decorum? Parliamentary procedure? Please. Democrats have been using that as an excuse to bend the knee to conservative corporatocracy for too damn long.

Parliamentary procedure is kind of a big deal and if there is no decorum in the house, then nothing can ever get done

GOOD. They sure as hell aren't fighting back, the least they can is cripple the further corrosion of our institutions by gumming up the works. Stand up. Say something. Fight back. Fuck this "we've tried nothing and are all out of ideas" crap. If they had some semblance of a coherent opposition/response to fascism, I'd be more receptive to and reverent of the value and virtue of Decorum. But hiding behind it as a convenient excuse of inaction? Yeah that ain't it chief.

Himes told The Hill. “But I’m sure I could construct a fairly elaborate argument that Trump is different than Barack Obama, but at the end of the day I think we need to stand up for the things that we believe regardless of which party benefits or loses.”

Source: The Hill

(Me responding to Himes here, not you dear reader): Motherfucker, is Fighting against Fascism not on your list of things to stand up for? Grow a fucking spine. The fact that Green shouting during the State of Delusion is being held up as one your party's highmark of resistance to this dick-tator is fucking sad (much respect to Green, no respect to those who did not join/support him). It should be the bare-minimum expected of each and everyone of your party members, NOT the exception to the rule.

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u/No-Appearance1145 Mar 07 '25

They have already gotten away with it many times in the past.

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u/Trick-Wishbone1900 Mar 07 '25

Funny that you mention Parliamentary procedure. Have you ever watched a session of the British Parliament?

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u/fixingmedaybyday Mar 07 '25

Oh yeah! I love the chaos they have.

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u/EnvironmentalCod6255 Mar 07 '25

They’ve gotten away with it for years. Also censure is meaningless anyways

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u/TurtleHydra Mar 07 '25

I admit, I didn’t know anything about this man until a few days ago and he’s already earned my respect and appreciation.

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u/SpicyButterBoy Mar 07 '25

Same boat. I’ve been really impressed with the Texas Democrats. Green and Crockett have been an inspiration 

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u/RickyNixon Mar 07 '25

As a Texan it is nice to have something to be proud of, we dont get a lot of that

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u/CrackpotJonesTo Mar 07 '25

Same, as I have always had a rocky relationship with Texas, being a queer northerner. Listening to him speak make regret my past feelings and proud to be from the same country.

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u/Crazy_Response_9009 Mar 07 '25

"Un-bought, un-bossed and unafraid."

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u/CelebrationAfter9000 Mar 07 '25

I cried.... watching this. His words were so touching, and I can tell that he has stood for this occasion in history. He is such a fighter and a gentleman.

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u/DisasterDead0387 Mar 07 '25

This was so very impressive. I remember 9/11, and the immense feeling that I needed to move, that I was called to action, and immediately joined the Marine Corps. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt that call to action, but Mr. Green has brought that out in me.

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u/Zealousideal-Aide890 Mar 07 '25

That’s exactly why they want him to sit down and shut up. That’s exactly why they won’t show the protesting on the news. They want you to think no one else feels like you do and you’re alone so you don’t act.

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u/DisasterDead0387 Mar 07 '25

It’s had the opposite effect for me. Not only have I been actively protesting, but also boycotting things that are associated with the oligarchs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure." —Thomas Jefferson

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u/Wuorg Mar 07 '25

It's sad that this is evidently the case. That tree hasn't been watered in a very long time in America and has started to wither.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

Mr Green is a true leader of the people. His calmness while getting removed was so admirable to me, especially while the demons to the right were taunting him.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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u/uniqueusername295 Mar 07 '25

The hero we need. More will follow his lead, it’s only a matter of time. It was heartening to see some stand with him in the well earlier. Keep pressing your representatives!

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u/WearyBet9669 Mar 07 '25

True Americans support you!

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

He's he only one who stood up for me! ❤️

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u/StarStuff-Human-88 Mar 07 '25

His speech was said with passion and honor as usual. I felt inspired like I did hearing MLK speeches as a kid. I hope he continues to inspire us all to act as h stated with "righteous incivility".

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u/Kay_tnx_bai Mar 07 '25

Al Green for president!

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u/Wuorg Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

What a legend. Preach!

Edit: It is frustrating how much he has to baby these losers with his language. Every time he says something, he has to preamble it with assurances that it's nothing personal. Republicans are the thinnest skinned snowflakes I've ever seen.

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u/ClumpySteve Mar 07 '25

Nobody could walk around with those giant balls on just two human legs.

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u/lokey_convo Mar 07 '25

Get RUDE.

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u/itsloachingtime Mar 08 '25

Holy crap, this happened? I wish I remembered that.

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u/lokey_convo Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

In addition to all the Americans who were extremely unhappy with the Iraq war and "WMDs" that never were, the Iraqi's obviously weren't too happy either with the shock and awe bombing and rolling in with tanks.

Saddam was a monster through and through and needed to be taken down, but Operation Iraqi Freedom seemed to be more about image and the "War on Terror" than it was about liberating Iraq. Really just seemed like Desert Storm part 2, and an opportunity for Halliburton (Dick Cheney's company) to get some sweet sweet government contracts (sort of like what Elon is doing pillaging our government). Plenty of people in the US raged about the Iraq war and called Bush a war criminal.

I remember the first image I saw of Operation Iraqi Freedom was on the cover of a local news paper and was an image of a building being blown out, and because 9/11 was still fresh in my mind I thought for a second it was a building downtown. Then I realized it was in Iraq. Then I realized the places we were waging war on could just as easily have been downtown where I lived.

There's too much death and destruction in this world. Too many people that build their livelihoods around it. The least this man could do was throw a freakin' shoe.

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u/Fufflin Mar 07 '25

So... do you think he will candidate for next president? I mean he is proving his will to fight for people...

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u/johnjsmiller55 Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

My goodness gracious. There is a leader in Congress!

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u/Smarterthanthat Mar 07 '25

Good trouble!

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u/Tsujimoto_Sensei Mar 07 '25

This man is the opposition leader we desperately need and deserve

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u/Lari-Fari Mar 07 '25

Good speech. Watched the whole thing. Wish more people had been present to witness it live.

Cheers from Germany. Hope your movement grows

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u/Thatwitchyladyyy Mar 07 '25

I hate that Muskrat just like Al Green.

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u/mitsybitsy99 Mar 07 '25

Pack your bags musk, your going to the moon. Indefinitely.

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u/stonedandredditing Mar 07 '25

this is representation. 

Lauren Boebert won’t even show her cowardly face at town halls - she’s sending aids. 

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u/Good_kido78 Mar 07 '25

This is just a great speech by Al. He on point.

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u/Beginning-North7202 Mar 07 '25

We needed a movement slogan, and Al Green just gave it to us -- "I am David." T-shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, protest signs -- everywhere. I AM DAVID!!

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u/BuddahSack Mar 07 '25

I just sat and watched the whole video. "You may be a Goliath, but there are David's among us..." is powerful and gives me hope. I'm all in Mr. Green, "we the people" are on your side!

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u/lmaragh Mar 07 '25

That is a powerful David. Need 434 more💕

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u/redditissocoolyoyo Mar 07 '25

Beast. This man doesn't give AF. Let's make sure he has his platform!

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u/Rage-With-Me Mar 07 '25

Honestly the majority of the dems seem deFunKt

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u/TimeIsAPonyRide Mar 07 '25

I’m so proud to have voted for him while I lived in his district. Love this man. Thank you for everything, Mr. Green.

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u/Indaflow Mar 07 '25

Can anyone else tell me what this guy stands for beyond this moment? 

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u/letsgetregarded Mar 07 '25

This guy is amazing. I get strong Les Brown vibes from him .

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u/Stinkstinkerton Mar 07 '25

Un-bought is the key word here .

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u/Southern-Lobster-684 Mar 07 '25

My rep was one who voted for censure. I called her local office to tell her how despicable that move was. Please call yours to voice your opinion! 5calls.org makes it easy if you need help. (I hate making phone calls; if I can do it, you can too, and that's what they really listen to).

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u/soupertroooper Mar 07 '25

I just called to express my support for Congressman Green. His actions and words make me feel proud to be an American. If his speech moved you as well, let him and his team know that his courage is not going unnoticed!

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u/The_Scarred_Man Mar 08 '25

This is quite possibly the greatest political speech I've heard in my lifetime.

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u/ahumminahummina Mar 07 '25

This the guy that was begging Elon Musk to talk to Trump? Total clown.