Rep. Al Green Fears for the Lives of American People

“If this can happen, I fear for our lives.” 

On Friday, January 9, 2026, Congressman Al Green (D-Texas) delivered remarks on the House floor to express grave concern for the safety of the American people and for his own life, calling for the impeachment of President Trump.

Excerpt from Congressman Al Green’s speech:

“We are now living in a country where people are expected to believe that this mother of three, a Christian woman seated in her vehicle—yes, the vehicle was across the roadway—but that somehow she was a terrorist. The head of Homeland Security has as much as said so. A terrorist.

Mr. Speaker, I fear for our lives because what we saw when this lady, this woman, was accosted—and I say accosted because men who had on masks in police regalia, I suppose, approached her rather aggressively, it seems to me. And one of them, in approaching, said, “Get the f*** out of the car.” I’m not using the profanity, but that’s what was said. You can see it for yourselves and you can hear it for yourselves. That is what was said: “Get the f*** out of the car.”

When men can approach a female in a car and say this to her and expect her to immediately respond in a positive manner—and if she does not, and attempts to drive away—if they can take her life, I fear for our lives. Do not assume that it can only happen to her.

They aggressively approached her. Cars were going around her in various ways, but when she made her move to extricate herself, to move along, to move her car, officers started to shoot. She was shot. One officer shot through the side window as she was moving away.

Now, you don’t have to know this lady. I don’t know her. I don’t know who she was other than what I have seen and what I have read. But the truth is, officers ought not be allowed to do what was done to this lady.

There should be an investigation that includes the local constabulary. If you truly want to be transparent, if you truly believe in liberty and justice for all, if you want the people in this country to believe that what occurred was the right thing, then you would want the local constabulary to be involved.

But no—this administration is shutting out the local investigation, and they are including only the federal investigation, which means, by some thought processes, that they have no desire to let this go to a trial. There are people who believe that this administration has no desire to let this case go to a trial for edification purposes. I am one of them.

I don’t believe that they want this case to go to a trial. I think that this is why they have decided that only the federal authorities will investigate. I also believe that if the case goes to a trial and if there is a conviction—and it is a federal conviction—I believe this president will do for the person or persons convicted what he did for the people who assaulted the citadel of democracy on January 6th.

I believe he will pass, and I believe he will do it without question, reservation, or hesitation, just as he did it for those persons who assaulted this Capitol. And he did it immediately after being sworn in.”