Decorum Is Dead

We’ve grown used to the heckling.

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Rep. Al Green (D., Texas) shouts out as President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on in Washington, D.C., March 04, 2025.

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Democratic legislators behaved atrociously last week during President Trump’s joint address to Congress, booing, heckling, and staging performative walkouts.

Speaker Mike Johnson even had to instruct the sergeant at arms to remove Democratic Representative Al Green from the chamber when the Texas lawmaker refused to stop creating disruptions, including waving his cane around while shouting inaudibly about Medicaid.

Becket Adams

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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