Though it's pretty much impossible to keep on top of every single congressional race (unless you are a pollster or data guru), I have to say that I did not have longtime Democrat Rep. Al Green (TX-09) going down in defeat in the late-May Texas primary runoff.
Green, as RedState reported, ran in the 18th Congressional District this year after the 9th was redrawn to be more GOP-friendly. Thanks in part to his various Trump impeachment pushes, his Trump Derangement Syndrome affliction was solid, and he could play the Race Card with the best (worst) of them.
But the 18th already had a much younger Democrat in Congress, 38-year-old Christian Menefee, who won a special election runoff in January to replace deceased Congressman Sylvester Turner. Since fresh blood seems to be what the party's voters want this election cycle, Green, 78, was shown the door in a blowout runoff victory for Menefee, with 69.3 percent of the vote compared to Green's 30.7 percent.
READ MORE: Adios, Al Green!
Though we'll thankfully no longer be subjected to Green's political stunts (which have gotten him thrown out of a joint congressional address and a State of the Union address) after his congressional term is up, apparently, he intends to go out with a bang, something that was observed during a House Committee on Homeland Security budget request hearing that took place on Wednesday.
Green came armed with his usual signs and slogans - including a video showing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin trying to grab the "Black people aren't apes" sign Green brought to the February 2026 State of the Union address, back when Mullin was still a senator.
For those who missed that moment, watch:
WATCH🚨: Senator Markwayne Mullin crossed the aisle and went straight for Al Green’s protest sign, trying to rip it right out of his hands.
— Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) February 25, 2026
Respect! Thank you, @SenMullin! 🔥🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/4tTAgh234p
At one point during his demonstration, Green appeared to call Mullin a "racist." When Mullin repeatedly demanded that he stop and said he would continue interrupting Green until the record was corrected, Green kept going on while telling Mullin to "shut up," which prompted Mullin - who said as a Native American that his own family had been subjected to racism - to get louder.
Watch:
Deranged behavior! Rep. Al Green goes berserk on Secretary Markwayne Mullin, screeching at him to "Shut Up!"
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) June 3, 2026
"Reclaiming my time, ask him to shut up. Shut Up! Tell him to shut up!"
pic.twitter.com/MvXsOReLez
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At another point during the hearing, another Democrat, Rep. Tim Kennedy (NY-26), accused Mullin of running DHS "straight into the ground," and again, Mullin was having none of it:
“Your predecessor is no longer here, she disgraced this department, and it seems like you are following right in her footsteps, under your leadership—” Kennedy began as Mullin jumped in.
“That is not true. Don’t accuse me of something that’s not true,” Mullin said.
Kennedy continued by accusing DHS of denying food and medical care to detainees as he and Mullin talked over each other.
“You can say all you want, but don’t accuse me of something that’s not accurate. You can sit there and tell lies all day long and all it is is a lie. That’s a flat-out lie, and you know it’s a flat lie. That’s a lie,” said Mullin.
Watch:
🚨 DHS Secretary GOES OFF On Rep Tim Kennedy's Smear
— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) June 3, 2026
Kennedy: Your predecessor is no longer here. She disgraced this department, it seems like you are following right in her footsteps.
Mullin: Don't accuse me of something that is not true! ... That's a flat out lie!
Mullin… pic.twitter.com/0YV0LpjkR0
I gotta say, I love Mullin's unwillingness to back down when insulted and especially when falsely being accused of racism. This is something we need to see more of from Republicans when the Race Card gets trotted out.
Further, Mullin's got much bigger priorities to deal with than being subjected to the clown show antics of a sore loser like Green.
Plus, I mean, honestly, if I were these Democrats, I'd keep in mind what happened during the one hearing from 2023 when Mullin squared off with a union leader (the two are now friends) who had been keyboard warrioring about Mullin on X:
A fight almost broke out in a Senate hearing.
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 14, 2023
Markwayne Mullin read a tweet from Teamster boss Sean O'Brien which challenged Mullin to a fight. Mullin said he was ready to settle things right here, right now.
Bernie Sanders shut the scene down. pic.twitter.com/U0X3YmWPwY
After that heated exchange with O'Brien, Mullin, a former MMA fighter, simply stated on X that "In Oklahoma, if you run your mouth, you get called out. Period."
Sounds about right.
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