Rep. Al Green was ejected from the 2026 State of the Union address for protesting President Donald Trump’s AI-generated social media video featuring Barack and Michelle Obama.
During the Tuesday, February 24, speech to Congress, Green, 78, held a sign that read, “Black People Aren’t Apes!” as Trump, 79, and his associates stepped inside the House of Representatives’ chamber. Green’s protest referred to Trump posting and subsequently deleting a 62-second clip that depicted Barack, 64, and Michelle, 62, as apes in a jungle earlier this month.
Green’s sign, written in underlined black marker agai...
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