Trump speech met with heckles and walkouts: 'He's spewing all kinds of bulls***'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

38% : She also published a press release online explaining that she walked out because she wanted Trump and her constituents "to know that I'm not going to sit here while you try to shut down the VA [Veterans Affairs] hospital in my district".
32% : Other Democrats were also critical of the president by holding up signs such as "false", "save Medicaid" and "Musk steals".
21% : Speaking after his intervention, Green said: "I'll accept the punishment, but it's worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and social security.
17% : The Massachusetts senator, who was a candidate in the Democrats' presidential primaries for the 2020 election, expressed her disapproval of the whole affair by sarcastically applauding Trump when he referred to her as "Pocahontas", and scrolling on her phone when the US president talked about Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge).
15% : Speaking of signs, following Trump's address, New Mexico representative Melanie Stansbury was seen holding up a sign next to the president reading "this is not normal", only for Texas Republican Lance Gooden to snatch it from her and throw it, just missing Trump himself.
9% : In arguably the most high-profile protest during the event, Democrat and Texas representative Al Green stood up while Trump was speaking, prompting House Speaker Mike Johnson to call for "decorum" and direct the Sergeant at Arms to remove Green from the House.
8% : Watch the moment Democrat Al Green is removed during Trump speech It's only been six weeks into his second term as US president, and Donald Trump continues to court controversy, this time addressing Democrats and Republicans in Congress with a speech which critics walked out of, interrupted and protested in many different forms.

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