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Members are directed to uphold and maintain decorum in the House and to cease any further disruptions,
Johnson said
I'll accept the punishment,
Green said after his removalRemove this gentleman from the chamber,
the speaker said, drawing raucous cheers from the Republicans in attendanceI knew that I was, that I was a person of conscience, as am I, and I knew that the president has done things that I think we cannot allow to continue."
Asked if he had planned to heckle Trump, Green saidI could find a cure to the most devastating disease, a disease that would wipe out entire nations or announce the answers to the greatest economy in history or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever recorded,
the president saidI look at the Democrats in front of me, and I realize there is absolutely nothing I can say to make them happy or to make them stand or smile or applaud, nothing I can do,
Trump saidI naturally respect traditions. I love my country. I’m one of those people who obeys his parents. But in this particular case, he has already destroyed the tradition,
Beyer told CNN just ahead of the speech
This whole budget that he has is one that is going to cause Medicaid to be cut, and when he said he had a mandate, it triggered something. It really did. Because he doesn’t have a mandate, and he doesn’t have a mandate to cut health care from poor people."
Green said, as quoted by NBC News
Nah nah nah nah, goodbye,
Republicans chanted as Green was escorted from the room