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Rep. Al Green makes case for impeachment with warning from former Republican VP
Rep. Al Green
Dec 5, 2025

Washington DC, U.S. House of Representatives, Thursday, December 4, 2025. Rep. Al Green highlights warning about Trump’s threat to the Republic from former Republican Vice President as support for case for impeachment



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MR. GREEN: THANK YOU.
AND STILL I RISE, MR. SPEAKER.
A VERY PROUD, LIBERATED
DEMOCRAT.
UNBOUGHT.
UNBOSSED.
AND UNAFRAID.
AND I RAISE TODAY, MR. SPEAKER,
TO ADDRESS A QUESTION THAT MANY
ARE POSING.
AND A QUESTION THAT I THOUGHT I
SHOULD ANSWER PUBLICLY SO ALL
WOULD UNDERSTAND.
THE QUESTION IS, WHY AM I MOVING
TO BRING IMPEACHMENT, AGAIN,
AGAINST THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE ANSWER WILL BE BETTER
EXPLAINED WHEN THE ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT ARE PRESENTED.
HOWEVER, I DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS
NECESSARY TO GIVE SOME
INDICATION TODAY AND POSSIBLY AT
A LATER TIME AS TO WHY THIS IS
SO IMPORTANT.
WHY WOULD I DO SUCH A THING?
MR. SPEAKER, I -- I AGREE WITH
VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY.
I AGREE WITH HIM, I AGREE WITH A
STATEMENT HE HAS MADE.
YES, VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY
REPRESENTS THE REPUBLIC PARTY OR
HE DID WHEN HE WAS VICE
PRESIDENT.
AND EVERYONE KNOWS THAT I'M A
DEMOCRAT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE
CAN'T AGREE ON SOME OF THE
IMPORTANT AND GREAT ISSUES OF
OUR TIME.
ONE OF THE GREAT ISSUES OF OUR
TIME IS BEFORE US NOW AND I'D
LIKE TO READ THE WORDS OF VICE
PRESIDENT CHENEY, WORDS THAT I
AGREE WITH, MR. SPEAKER.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY HAS
INDICATED, AND IF I MAY USE MY
POINTER, HE HAS INDICATED ON
SEPTEMBER 6 OF 2024, THIS WAS
PUBLISHED, HE INDICATED, IN OUR
NATION'S 248-YEAR HISTORY, THERE
HAS NEVER BEEN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
IS A GREATER THREAT TO OUR
REPUBLIC THAN DONALD TRUMP.
LET ME PAUSE FOR JUST A MOMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS
LANGUAGE.
AN INDIVIDUAL.
ONE PERSON.
WHO IS A GREATER THREAT TO OUR
REPUBLIC, IMPORTANT STATEMENT,
REPUBLIC, THAN DONALD TRUMP.
IN 248 YEARS.
I'LL COME BACK TO THESE IN JUST
A MOMENT.
HE TRIED TO STEAL THE LAST
ELECTION.
NOW THIS WAS SEPTEMBER OF 2024,
SO IT'S THE ELECTION PRIOR TO
SEPTEMBER OF 2024.
HE TRIED TO STEAL THE LAST
ELECTION.
USING LIES AND VIOLENCE TO KEEP
HIMSELF IN POWER.
KEEP HIMSELF IN POWER AFTER THE
VOTERS HAD REJECTED HIM.
HE CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED WITH
POWER AGAIN.
I AGREE WITH THIS.
AS CITIZENS, WE EACH HAVE A DUTY
TO PUT COUNTRY ABOVE
PARTISANSHIP, TO DEFEND --
ACTUALLY HE SAYS TO PUT COUNTRY
ABOVE PARTISANSHIP.
TO DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION.
NOW LET'S WALK BACK THROUGH THIS
WITH EMPHASIS ON CERTAIN THINGS.
ONE INDIVIDUAL, DONALD TRUMP, IS
A GREATER THREAT TO THE REPUBLIC
THAN ANY OTHERS.
NEVER BEFORE A PERSON WHO HAS
BEEN A GREATER THREAT THAN
DONALD TRUMP.
WHY IS HE A GREATER THREAT?
WELL, YOU FIRST HAVE TO
UNDERSTAND IF YOU DON'T, THAT WE
HAVE A REPUBLIC.
A REPUBLIC IS GOVERNMENT BY THE
PUBLIC.
BUT IT IS DONE BY AND THROUGH
REPRESENTATION.
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
REPRESENTATIVES.
THE SENATE.
THE REPUBLIC SPEAKS THROUGH
REPRESENTATIVES.
WE HAVE A REPUBLIC AND HE
INDICATES THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS
A GREAT THREAT TO
REPRESENTATIONAL GOVERNMENT.
TO THE REPUBLIC.
WELL, LET'S LOOK AT THIS.
HE, DONALD TRUMP, DOESN'T
RESPECT THE SEPARATION OF
POWERS.
HE BELIEVES THAT THE JUDICIARY
SHOULD AGREE WITH HIM AND THE
JUDICIARY DOES NOT AGREE HE HAS
AS MUCH AS SAID THEY SHOULD BE
IMPEACHED.
SO EMPHATIC WAS HE ABOUT THIS
IMPEACHMENT, THAT THE CHIEF
JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAD
TO CALL HIM OUT PUBLICLY.
DIDN'T USE HIS NAME BUT WE ALL
KNEW THAT HE WAS SPEAKING TO THE
PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP.
CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME
COURT REMINDED THE PRESIDENT
THAT IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAVE A
HISTORY OF APPEALING DECISIONS
OF THE COURTS.
WE DON'T IMPEACH JUDGES BECAUSE
WE DON'T AGREE WITH THEIR
DECISIONS.
WE APPEAL THESE DECISIONS.
HE DOESN'T RESPECT SEPARATION OF
POWERS.
HE OWNS THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
HE OWNS THE SENATE.
THE SENATE, THE HOUSE, WILL NOT
MAKE A MOVE WOULD HIS CONSENT
AND PERMISSION.
AS OF LATE, HOWEVER, THERE ARE
SOME INDICATIONS THAT SOME
INDEPENDENTS -- SOME
INDEPENDENCE IS STARTING TO
PRESENT ITSELF.
BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE
PRESIDENT DOESN'T RESPECT
SEPARATION OF POWERS.
IF A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE
DISAGREES WITH HIM, HE
IMMEDIATELY CALLS UPON THE
CONSTITUENTS OF THAT MEMBER TO
DO WHAT IS NECESSARY WITHIN THE
LAW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT MEMBER GETS PHONE
CALLS.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MEMBER IS
INTIMIDATED.
TO THE EXTENT THAT THAT MEMBER
HAS TO RECONSIDER WHATEVER THE
DISAGREEMENT WAS.
THIS IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
THE INTIMIDATOR IN CHIEF.
HE PRIDES HIMSELF ON HIS ABILITY
TO INTIMIDATE, TO GET PERSONS TO
COOPERATE.
SO HE DOESN'T BELIEVE IN
SEPARATION OF POWERS.
HE DISRESPECTS THE HOUSE AND THE
SENATE.
THE MEMBERS WHO DON'T GIVE HIM
WHAT THEY -- WHAT HE DESIRES.
DESIRES.
HE'S ALSO A PERSON WHO THINKS
THAT HE CAN LITERALLY DO
WHATEVER HE PLEASES GIVEN HE HAS
THIS MANDATE FROM THE SUPREME
COURT.
THE SUPREME COURT HAS
INDICATED -- I SAY MANDATE, HAS
GIVEN HIM AN INDICATION THAT HE
IS ABOVE THE LAW.
IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THE SUPREME COURT DIDN'T USE THE
LANGUAGE "ABOVE THE LAW" BUT THE
SUPREME COURT HAS GIVEN HIM THIS
BELIEF HE IS ABOVE THE LAW.
THE SUPREME COURT TALKED ABOUT
IMMUNITY.
HE'S TAKEN IT AS AN INDICATION
HE'S ABOVE THE LAW AND TAKES IT
AS HE CHOOSES.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT VICE
PRESIDENT CHANEY MADE THESE
COMMENTS, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THESE ARE MY WORDS, NOT VICE
PRESIDENT CHENEY'S BUT THE VICE
PRESIDENT INCITED THE
INSURRECTION.
THERE ARE PEOPLE USING OTHER
TERMINOLOGY, BUT THE
INSURRECTION THAT TOOK PLACE
AFTER THE ELECTION WHEREIN HE
WAS DEFEATED.
HE INSIGHTED THE PERSONS TO COME
OVER TO THE CAPITOL OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE
CITADEL OF DEMOCRACY AS IT IS
CALLED AND KNOWN AS.
HE INSIGHTED THEM TO COME OVER
HERE TO INVADE THE ALCOHOL
ITSELF.
AFTER THE INVASION TOOK PLACE,
THEY WENT THROUGH THE HALLS.
THEY DID SOME VERY UGLY THINGS
ASIDE FROM CALLING FOR THE
LYNCHING OF PEOPLE.
THEY HAD THE GALLOS ASIDE FROM
THESE THINGS, THEY DID OTHER
THINGS.
SOMETHING AS DEMEANING AND VIAL
AND AS DEFECATING IN VARIOUS
PUBLIC PLACES WITHIN THE
CONGRESS, WITHIN THE BUILDINGS.
THESE WERE SOME VERY VIAL,
MEAN-SPIRITED PEOPLE WHO
INNOVATED THE CAPITOL AND THEY
DID THIS AT THE BEHEST OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
AFTER ALL OF THIS WAS DONE, THE
PRESIDENT BEING SWORN IN ON
JANUARY 20TH OF 2025, AFTER ALL
THIS HAD TAKEN PLACE AT A PRIOR
ELECTION, THE VERY FIRST ACT THE
PRESIDENT ENGAGED IN, IT SEEMS.
AFTER HE RAISED HIS HAND TO BE
SWORN IN, UPON LOWERING HIS
HAND, HE SEEMS TO HAVE RUSHED
OVER TO SOME PLACE THAT HAD A
DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWED HIM TO
PARDON THE PEOPLE THAT DEFECATED
IN THE CONGRESS, IN THE
BUILDING.
THE PEOPLE THAT MARCHED THROUGH
LOOKING FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT
AT THAT TIME INDICATED THAT THEY
WANTED TO DO HARM TO IT.
HE PARDONED THESE PEOPLE.
THIS WAS HIS VERY FIRST ACT, IT
SEEMS.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING SWORN
IN.
THIS IS THE PERSON WHO IS
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE
MANY PEOPLE WHO JUST BRUSH ASIDE
WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6,
2021.
THEY JUST BRUSH IT ASIDE AS OH,
THAT HAPPENED BUT IT WON'T
HAPPEN AGAIN, SEEMS TO BE THE
ATTITUDE AMONG THE MINDS OF
MANY.
IF HE DID IT ONCE, WHAT MAKES
YOU THINK HE WON'T DO IT AGAIN?
WHERE IS THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
TO SUPPORT THE NOTION THAT THE
NOTION OF THE PERSON WHO INCITED
THIS, THE VERY FIRST ACT HE HAD,
THAT HE ENGAGED IN AFTER BEING
ELECTED PRESIDENT AGAIN, ON
JANUARY 20TH, THAT'S WHEN THE
PRESIDENT WAS SWORN IN IN A VERY
RAMBUNCTIOUS WAY, A DEMEANING
WAY, IN FACT, PEOPLE DIED AS A
RESULT OF THIS.
HE INSTIGATED THIS.
WHAT CAUSES PEOPLE TO THINK HE
WON'T DO IT AGAIN.
I BELIEVE THAT HE WILL P. I
BELIEVE THAT HE WILL FIND GREAT
DIFFICULTY IN STEPPING DOWN FROM
OFFICE, AND AS A RESULT OF HIS
NOT RESPECTING THE SEPARATION OF
POWERS AS A RESULT OF HIS NOT
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE SHOULD
BE SOME INDEPENDENCE IN THE
JUDICIARY, THAT THE JUDICIARY IS
NOT FOR HIM TO SUPERVISE, I PUT
ALL THIS INTO MY COLLECTION OF
THOUGHTS, AND AS I DO SO, I HAVE
TO AGREE WITH VICE PRESIDENT
CHENEY AND IN OUR NATION'S
48-YEAR HISTORY THERE'S NEVER
BEEN AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A
GREATER THREAT TO OUR REPUBLIC
THAN DONALD TRUMP.
YES, HE TRIED TO STEAL THE LAST
ELECTION, THE ELECTION BEFORE
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024, WHEN THIS
STATEMENT WAS PUBLISHED.
HE TRIED TO STEAL THE LAST
ELECTION, USING LIES AND
VIOLENCE TO KEEP HIMSELF IN
POWER AFTER VOTERS, THE PEOPLE
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
THE VOTERS HAD REJECTED HIM.
HE CAN NEVER BE TRUSTED WITH
POWER AGAIN.
I WILL BE BRINGING ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT, BECAUSE WHAT VICE
PRESIDENT CHENEY, MAY HE REST IN
PEACE, WHAT VICE PRESIDENT
CHENEY SAID THEN, SEPTEMBER 6,
2024, IS TRUE NOW.
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TRUSTED
HIM.
HE HAS BEEN GIVEN A SECOND
CHANCE TO STEAL FIRE FROM THE
GODS.
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE ALLOWED HIM
TO DO SO.
BUT THERE IS A REMEDY.
WHEN THE COURTS CAN'T CONTROL
HIM AND WHEN HIS PARTY WON'T
CONTROL HIM, THEN THE ONLY
REMEDY LEFT IS IMPEACHMENT.
THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE.
AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO
WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS NOT THE
RIGHT TIME.
WELL, LET'S ADDRESS THE QUESTION
OF TIMING.
DR. KING SAYS THE TIME IS ALWAYS
RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
IF THE REPUBLIC IS AT RISK, THE
TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT
IS RIGHT, TO MAKE SURE THE
REPUBLIC IS PROTECTED.
I WILL BE DOING WHAT I BELIEVE
IS RIGHT TO PROTECT THE
REPUBLIC.
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO SAID TO
THOSE PERSONS WHO AT THE EDMUND
PETTUS BRIDGE ON BLOODY SUNDAY,
THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO
MARCH.
DON'T MARCH NOW.
LET'S DO IT ANOTHER DAY.
BUT THE HONORABLE JOHN LEWIS WHO
IS A MEMBER OF THIS VERY HOUSE,
A COLLEAGUE, HE SAID NO, WE
MARCH.
AND THEY DID MARCH.
AND THEY MARCHED KNOWING THERE
WOULD BE HARM THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE TO SUFFER.
THEY KNEW THIS.
THEY SAW THE CONSTABULARY AS
THEY APPROACHED THE CREST OF THE
EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE.
THEY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN BUT THEY MARCHED ON.
IF THEY COULD MARCH ON KNOWING
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE
HARMED, AND THE HONORABLE JOHN
LEWIS TOLD ME PERSONALLY HE
THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE ON
THAT BRIDGE.
THEY BEAT THEM ALL THE WAY BACK
TO THE CHURCH WHERE THEY
STARTED, CHURCH-GOING PEOPLE,
BEAT THEM ALL THE WAY BACK.
IF THEY WOULD MARCH ON FACING
THIS KIND OF DANGER, SURELY I
SHOULD MARCH ON AND BRING
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
I'M NOT -- I'M NOT REQUIRING OR
ASKING ANY MEMBER OF THIS HOUSE
TO VOTE WITH ME.
VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE.
DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS RIGHT.
I'M GOING TO VOTE MY CONSCIENCE.
I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE TO TABLE
THESE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
THOSE WHO VOTE TO TABLE ARE
INDICATEING THAT FOR WHATEVER
REASONS, THEY DON'T THINK IT
SHOULD BE AN ACTUAL VOTE, THAT
THERE SHOULD BE AN ACTUAL VOTE
ON THE ARTICLES THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE SAYING LET'S PUT THIS
OFF.
WELL, IF THAT'S YOUR OPINION,
THEN YOU DO THAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT MY OPINION.
THERE NEEDS TO BE A VOTE, NOT
ONLY ON THIS MOTION TO TABLE
THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED BUT ALSO
A VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ARTICLES OF
IMPEACHMENT.
THIS MAN IS A THREAT TO OUR
REPUBLIC.
HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED.
VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY WAS RIGHT
THEN AND HE IS RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO BRING THOSE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT.
AND I CAN ONLY ASSURE THE PUBLIC
WHO IS CONSTANTLY ASKING ME HOW
MANY VOTES DO YOU THINK YOU'LL
HAVE?
I CAN ONLY ASSURE YOU OF ONE
THING.
I WILL HAVE ONE VOTE.
THIS I CAN ASSURE YOU OF.
I WILL HAVE ONE VOTE.
WHY?
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IT IS
BETTER TO STAND ALONE ON SOME
ISSUES THAN NOT STAND AT ALL.
I WILL STAND.
I WILL PRESENT THE ARTICLES AND
WHEN I VOTE, IF I'M THE ONLY
PERSON TO DO IT, I WILL KNOW AND
POSTERITY WILL KNOW I HAVE DONE
THE