HERE'S HOPING THAT NEAR-APE GREEN WILL BE DEFEATED IN THE RUNOFF

Cane-waving Trump tormentor Al Green forced into runoff by 37-year-old who wants to impeach Kristi Noem

 

By Nikki Schwab 

 

Daily Mail

Mar 4, 2026

 

 

Representative Al Green, who came to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address last week armed with a sign that read 'Black people aren't apes!' was forced into a runoff Tuesday night

 

One of President Donald Trump's chief congressional tormenters was forced into a runoff Tuesday night. 

Representative Al Green, 79, was pitted against Representative Christian Menefee, 37, after Texas Republicans redistricted the state, targeting five House seats held by Democrats.

A race call was slow to come in, with the Associated Press announcing the runoff result at 11:19 a.m. Wednesday.  

Green recently made waves again by bringing a sign that read 'Black people aren't apes,' to Trump's State of the Union address last week, referring to an unfortunate video post from the President that the White House blamed on a 'boomer' editor.

The stunt got him tossed from the speech from the Sergeant at Arms. 

A year before Green was expelled for heckling from the House chamber during Trump's joint address before Congress, the stand-in for the State of the Union when a President's newly sworn-in. 

The congressman was censured for his outbursts. 

Green has filed articles of impeachment against Trump six times.

Rep. Al Greene, D-Texas, waving his cane, disrupts President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on March 4, 2025.

Representative Al Green was forced into a runoff in the primary race to represent Texas' 18th Congressional District to Representative Christian Menefee, the newest member of the House Democratic caucus who won a special election in January and was sworn-in on February 2 (pictured)

 

His impeachment effort against Trump started back in 2017 and he most recently tried again in December, pointing to how the President said on Truth Social that some Democratic lawmakers should be executed for pushing troops to not follow illegal orders.

It's a shocking result for Green, who generally faired well in his Houston-area district. 

In 2024, he ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. 

He first won election to the House in 2004. 

Menefee is the most recent addition to the House Democratic caucus, winning a special election in late January to replace the late Republican Representative Sylvester Turner. 

The new congressman previously served as county attorney for Harris County, Texas.

He was sworn-in on February 2. 

Weeks later Menefee was back on the ballot in a race to represent the newly combined 18th Congressional District. 

If Menefee ultimately beats Green that doesn't mean the district's voters have rejected an impeachment-happy lawmaker. 

During his first four weeks in Congress, Menefee has already called for an impeachment - of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.