Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas renewed his pledge to impeach President Donald Trump on the fifth anniversary of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, saying the country must remember what happened — and prevent it from ever happening again.
“This is a day to recall what happened when the citadel of democracy was assaulted by insurrectionists,” Green said. “We can never allow it to happen again. It should not have happened then.” He added that he would “do all that I can, including make efforts to impeach Donald John Trump” over what he called a lasting “stain on the citadel of democracy.”
Green’s latest remarks centered on Trump’s use of military force in Venezuela — an action Green argued was unconstitutional and not authorized by Congress. “I will bring articles of impeachment against the President of the United States of America for taking our military to war against Venezuela,” he said, criticizing what he described as a legal theory that an indictment could justify sending in federal authorities with military backing.
“For doing it based upon some theory that in and of itself does not align with the Constitution,” Green said. “Some theory that if you have an indictment, you can now send in the police or the Justice Department and various officers associated… to seize the president of a country and use the military to back them up.”
He also pushed back on arguments that prior U.S. interventions make similar actions acceptable now. “I marvel at how people will say, ‘Well, they did it in Panama. If we did it in Panama, we can do it here,’” Green said. “God, this is endless of things that have been done that were wrong. At some point, we had to stop.”
Green emphasized that legal accusations are not a substitute for constitutional authority. “The Constitution is above indictments,” he said. “An indictment is no constitutional reason to send the military, to send a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, to send planes in large numbers, to send other military paraphernalia. Indictments don’t accord you that, Mr. President.”
He ended with a blunt call for removal: “The only way we can stop this is with impeachment… He needs to be impeached. He needs to be convicted. And he needs to be removed from office.”
Green has repeatedly pushed impeachment efforts against Trump. In May 2025, he introduced articles arguing Trump was “unfit to be President.” He also launched another attempt the previous December that failed to secure enough support. Trump was impeached twice during his first term, but both cases ended in Senate acquittals.
Green’s clashes with Trump have also played out publicly in Congress. In March 2025, during Trump’s address to a joint session, Green was removed from the House chamber after interrupting the president and refusing to sit down following warnings from Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Johnson ordered the sergeant-at-arms to restore order after Green argued Trump had no mandate to cut Medicaid.
Trump has dismissed impeachment efforts with ridicule. At an April rally the prior year, he mocked the push: “Today they did it again. Some guy that I’ve never heard of… is he a congressman? This guy, he said; ‘ladies and gentlemen, I am going to start the impeachment of Donald Trump.’ What the hell did I do? Here we go again.”
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has launched a White House webpage addressing the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, placing responsibility on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic leadership.
