Yesterday, Texas Representative Al Green was censured by the House of Representative for what is classified as being "disorderly", because he gallantly stood up for the poor in the United States! Oh if we only had more Democratic leaders like this man! His actions deemed disruptive by some are considered heroic by others, including me.
Lets talk about "order" and maintaining "decorum" as chirped by Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, a MAGA on steroids who believes the 2020 election was "stolen". Would not "order" and "decorum" demand a presidential leader who is not a 34 count felon? What about a person not found guilty in a civil court case for sexual abuse? What about a president who does not blame plane crashes on people of color without knowing any details regarding such accidents?
What about the lack of decorum and order we witnessed on Friday, February 28, 2025 exhibited by Donald J Trump and J.D Vance towards Volodymyr Zelenskyy?
According to an article from CBS News, the act of censuring congress members was most notable during the Civil war. Quote "It was most common during the Civil War and Reconstruction, when 13 members were censured for offenses ranging from assault in the Capitol to insulting another member". Insulting another member of Congress? We have the chief of insults sitting in the White House, Donald J. Trump!
Heros often stand alone. Congressman Al Green risked his career to stand up for Medicaid and the poor. He brought attention to an ominous issue which is threatening millions of lives. Since the Republicans desire to extinguish Medicaid by proxy using the notion of "committees with restricted budgets" along with head leader Elon Musk, many in this country are going to die! So much for the pro-life advocacy espoused by the Republican Party. They are more than happy to let the poor die slow, tortuous deaths.
Congressman Al Green represents what true Christianity should reflect to the world! The white Christian nationalist movement in this country has done more to destroy the message of Jesus Christ than anything I have witnessed in my life time. Yes, I am a believer, and for non-believers readers out there, these MAGA supporters are contrary to the message of Christianity. I will share my view on this topic at some other date.
Now, unto the Democrats who voted to censure Congressman Green. When I go shopping, I deeply scrutinize my selection of fruits and vegetables, looking for mold or anything resembling decay. We should take the same approach here regarding our Democratic congressional leaders, to display the decay amongst our Democratic party. Here, below is a list of the 10 Congressional members which voted to censure to Representative Al Green:
Representative Ami Bera of California
Representative Jim Costa of California
Representative Ed Case of Hawaii;
Representative Laura Gillen of New York
Representative Tom Suozzi of New York;
Representative Jim Himes of Connecticut
Representative Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania
Representative Marcy Kaptur of Ohio
Representative Jared Moskowitz of Florida
Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington state
My hat is off to Al Green, a man who has stood up to the wrong he was seeing, despite what the entire world might think. I wish other Democrats would get their priorities straight, and stand up to resist our white nationalist government. There are very few Democrats resisting; sadly most simply plod along with our new authoritarian government, as if it is business is usual. It is not business as usual, for our democracy is fading rapidly away, right before their unseeing eyes.
