One Congressman got thrown out of two straight State of the Union addresses for screaming at Trump.
Now Trump is dancing on his political grave.
Al Green lost his congressional seat Tuesday night – and Trump couldn't wait to celebrate.
Al Green Lost His Seat Five Impeachment Attempts Later
Al Green spent 21 years in Congress turning protest into a personal brand.
He filed articles of impeachment against Trump at least five times during the second term alone – every single one killed by the House, several with Democrats voting against him.
He waved his cane and screamed "You have no mandate!" during the 2025 State of the Union until security dragged him out of the chamber.
Congress censured him for it – with 10 of his own Democrats voting to rebuke him.
He came back in 2026, sat five rows from the president, and held up a sign reading "Black People Aren't Apes" the moment Trump walked in.
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Security removed him again.
"The first time it was spontaneity," Green told NBC News afterward. "This time it was with intentionality."
That intentionality just cost him his career.
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10 Democrats Voted to Censure Him Before Texas Finished the Job
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries had specifically instructed Democrats before the 2026 State of the Union not to bring signs and to maintain decorum.
Green brought a sign anyway – and ten members of his own party crossed the aisle to formally rebuke him for it.
His repeated impeachment filings, introduced as privileged resolutions that forced floor votes nobody wanted, had become a source of frustration even among progressive allies.
By the time redistricting arrived, Green wasn't a beloved institution the party rallied around.
He was a liability they quietly let go.
How Trump Used Texas Redistricting to End Al Green's Career
Green didn't lose in a normal election.
Texas Republicans, at Trump's direct urging, redrew the congressional map mid-decade to force Democratic incumbents to run against each other.
Green's home was redrawn out of his safe 9th District and into the new 18th, where he faced fellow Democrat Christian Menefee.
Trump told CNBC exactly what he was doing: "We are entitled to five more seats."
Green called the redistricting "extreme invidious discrimination," issued press releases, held hearings, and declared he would be on the ballot anyway.
He lost by a landslide.
Trump Gives the Eulogy
Trump posted on Truth Social Wednesday morning – and held nothing back.
"Congratulations to the Dumocrat Party! Al Green, one of the most mentally deficient Congressmen in the history of our Country, has lost, in a landslide, his seat in Congress," Trump wrote.
Then came the twist: "But I will miss that lunatic not screaming and violently waving his cane at me during my next State of the Union Speech."
That's not a political statement.
That's a victory lap with a microphone drop.
The Bigger Picture for 2026
Green's loss is one piece of a much larger Trump strategy to lock in Republican House control before the midterms.
Texas was just the starting gun.
Missouri, North Carolina, Florida, and Ohio followed with their own mid-decade redraws, all designed to eliminate Democratic seats before a single vote is cast.
Trump said the quiet part loud when he told supporters: "If we do it, we will never lose the midterms."
Green spent two years making himself the face of Democratic resistance – getting dragged out of the same chamber twice, racking up a censure, filing impeachment articles nobody voted for.
All it got him was a front-row seat to his own irrelevance.
He thought he was fighting Trump.
Trump was drawing the map.
Sources:
- Tom Durante, "Trump Dances on 'Mentally Deficient' Al Green's Political Grave," Mediaite, May 27, 2026.
- "Al Green ejected from Trump primetime address again," Fox News, February 25, 2026.
- "Democrat Rep Al Green to file Trump impeachment articles for 5th time," Fox News, November 20, 2025.
- Alejandro Serrano, "Christian Menefee defeats longtime Houston Rep. Al Green," Texas Tribune, May 26, 2026.
- "After Texas ruling, Trump and Republicans head to 2026 with a redistricting edge," Fox News, December 8, 2025.
