What lawmaker said before heckling caused him to be thrown out from Trump's speech to Congress

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : " Speaking about the moment to the press, Green said: "I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid." "This is the richest country in the world, and we have people who don't have good health care.
52% : Medicaid is a state-federal partnership that is jointly funded by the US and the federal government to assist states in providing insurance to people with a low income.
49% : He needs to save Medicaid and protect it.
48% : "I want [Trump] to know that his budget calls for deep cuts in Medicaid.
42% : He also repealed a handful of former president Joe Biden's actions, and has recently endorsed a House Republican floating a menu of options, including cutting 'a few trillion dollars' from Medicaid, writes CNN.
37% : However, it wasn't stipulated whether these conversations were recent, nor whether Trump himself was involved in the discussions.
29% : On Tuesday (March 4), Trump called his November 5 Presidential Election victory a 'mandate like has not been seen in many decades' during a joint address to Congress.
28% : The pair, who met in the Oval Office to discuss the Ukraine-Russia war and to take part in a joint press conference, were embroiled in a heated debate, resulting in Trump claiming he was 'gambling with World War III'.
27% : We've got to do better and now we're about to cut Medicaid, which is for [the] poor," he said, as per BBC. C-SPAN reports that Green continued to rally for Medicaid, saying: "I have people who are very fearful.
22% : He clarified to reporters afterwards that he believes Trump 'has no mandate to cut Medicaid' and was preparing articles to impeach him, the BBC reports.
12% : " Following Green's exit, Trump used the joint address to reference ongoing talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 47, whom he held a disastrous meeting with last week (February 28).
8% : Despite the outlined budget cuts, Trump has previously announced Republicans 'wouldn't touch' Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security, and would instead be 'looking for fraud'.

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