Trump takes fight to jeering Democrats in speech full of red meat

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If President Donald Trump was under any political pressure to extend an olive branch to Democrats during his first speech to Congress since returning to the Oval Office, they quickly showed they would not take it.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had to intervene when Rep. Al Green (D-TX) disrupted the proceedings. The Texas lawmaker, who has already introduced articles of impeachment against Trump, shook his cane and shouted at the president.

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