Al Green addresses his 'Black people aren't apes' protest against Trump – video

The Democratic congressman Al Green has addressed his protest at Donald Trump's State of the Union speech, in which Green held up a handwritten sign that read 'Black people aren't apes!'. The sign referenced a racist depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama that the president had shared on social media. After being ejected from the event, Green told journalists he had wanted to take a stand against the president doing 'these dastardly things with impunity'

• Democrats refuse to stand for Trump as Al Green ejected over apes' protest sign