Texas Congressman Al Green Launches New Impeachment Push Against Trump, Citing “Ethnic Cleansing” Remarks

In a forceful declaration from the House floor, Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas announced the launch of a fresh impeachment initiative targeting former President Donald Trump — marking Green’s third such campaign, and notably initiating it in 2025.

Standing before his colleagues, Green delivered a striking rebuke of Trump, declaring, “Ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a joke, especially when it emanates from the President of the United States.” Green’s remarks conveyed deep concern over Trump’s comments regarding the conflict in Gaza, and he extended his criticism to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “And [Netanyahu] should be ashamed, knowing the history of his people, to stand there and allow such things to be said,” he asserted.

Green amplified his condemnation by invoking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., echoing King’s famous warning that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Speaking passionately to the chamber, Green said, “Ethnic cleansing in Gaza is not a joke, and the prime minister of Israel should be ashamed … Ethnic cleansing has been a crime against humanity.” He lifted the well‑worn phrase “to whom it may concern,” addressing it to the nation, and made clear that he aimed to move forward with formal articles of impeachment: “I will bring articles of impeachment against the president for dastardly deeds proposed and dastardly deeds done.”

Furthermore, Green emphasized that this effort would not be driven from atop but would emerge from broad public demand: “It’s going to be a grass‑up movement, not a top‑down. The people have got to move forward. The people have to demand it…” He drew on his past experience with impeachment groundwork, stating, “I laid the foundation for impeachment, and it was done. Nobody knows more about it… it’s time for us to lay the foundation again.” With a clear moral stance, he added, “On this issue, I stand alone, but I stand for justice.” He then ended his remarks by yielding the remainder of his time.

Not all Democrats in the chamber shared Green’s urgency. When asked about the new impeachment bid, House Democratic Caucus Chair Peter Aguilar of California offered a more restrained response: “It’s not a focus of our caucus.”

As Green’s speech reverberated through the Capitol, President Trump turned his attention to Washington’s longstanding tensions with Iran. During a separate event, Trump warned that if Tehran ever attempted an assassination against him, the U.S. response would be swift and overwhelming: “They would be obliterated. There won’t be anything left.” He criticized former President Joe Biden, suggesting that Biden “should have said that”, but didn’t because of a “lack of intelligence.”

This statement came amid confirmation from the Justice Department that in November it had thwarted an Iranian plot aimed at killing Trump in the weeks leading up to the presidential election. According to a criminal complaint filed in September, a senior figure from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had tasked an individual, Farhad Shakeri (51), with surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump. Shakeri, a former U.S. resident deported roughly 17 years ago after serving a 14‑year robbery sentence, is believed to now be residing in Iran — and remains at large.