#al green

[victusinveritas]

This could have been a moment when the Democrats stood up as one in a great Spartacist moment of political resistance... instead we got Al Green with the bravery to not back down.

[nightingalesighs]

Let these be the photos that mark tonight.

This evening, Rep. Al Green of Texas was forcibly removed from the joint session of Congress by the sergeant-at-arms for standing up and yelling “You have no mandate to cut Medicaid.” during the president’s address.

“He is a person who has consistently used incivility against civility,” Green said. 

“I’m willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me,” he continued. “I didn’t say to anyone, ‘Don’t punish me.’ I’ve said I’ll accept the punishment, but it’s worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president’s desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security.”

“This is about the people who are being punished by virtue of losing their health care,” he added. “This is the richest country in the world, and we have people who don’t have good health care.” (Per HuffPost)

[beauty-funny-trippy]

[my-midlife-crisis]

[fkajackiebrownx]

Let's Stay Together - Al Green🎶

[our-queer-experience]

“Rep. Al Green is back in the news as a 2021 clip of him passionately calling out GOP members for using God to oppose LGBTQIA+ rights goes viral again, reminding them how religion was historically misused to justify slavery and segregation”

(source)

[padawan-historian]

[liberalsarecool]

Al Green stands out for his courage. He stood up for his constituents. #BeTheOne

The racism and double standards were obvious