Republican legislators appear to be open to stripping Rep. Al Green of his committee position after he disrupted President Donald Trump’s Joint Address to Congress. Democratic members are still strongly opposed to this idea.

In my opinion, Congressman Green showed more respect to the American public by speaking on behalf of people in Medicare and Medicaid than Elon Musk, who called Social Security a Ponzi Scheme,” Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) said on Capitol Hill.

Green was removed from the House Chamber after interrupting Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress earlier this month. The Democrat was later censured by a bipartisan group of House lawmakers, but some Republicans on the House Freedom Caucus are seeking to take it a step further by threatening a resolution that would remove Green from his committee positions

Some democratic legislators were against further sanctions for Green. They said it was “a step too much.”

I think it’s going too far. “We didn’t treat Joe Wilson the same way when he called Obama a lie,” stated Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA).

Beyer said that Congress would need a larger majority to reprimand lawmakers.

Right now, Republicans and Democrats are both criticizing each other. Beyer stated that it should offend the entire body and not only the opposing side.

Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.) said Green had “accepted the punishment and accepted censure. We all need to find a way forward and concentrate on the American people’s work.”

Republicans speaking with Fox News Digital were critical, but not of Green for interrupting the President’s speech.

Rep. Russell Fry (R-SC) said that he had not seen the resolution, but “what he did [Green] was unconscionable.”

Fry stated that “the decorum of the House had been violated so recklessly. For me, I think all options are on the table.”

Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-Pa., said, “The State of the Union was a disgrace. I found it very shocking that you couldn’t recognize a boy of 13 years old who has had several brain operations.”

Rep. William Timmons (R-SC), a Republican who said that he did not believe Green’s committee post would be removed, was one.

“I think that what he did was really an embarrassment last week. So we’ll see where we go,” said Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn., adding that he “voted to censure him,” but that “I don’t know where it’s going to go from there.”