{"id":2412081,"date":"2025-03-10T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-lawmaker-says-he-was-thanked-for-grabbing-anti-trump-sign-at-speech-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:59:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:59:37","slug":"texas-gop-lawmaker-says-he-was-thanked-for-grabbing-anti-trump-sign-at-speech-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gop-lawmaker-says-he-was-thanked-for-grabbing-anti-trump-sign-at-speech-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas GOP lawmaker says he was thanked for grabbing anti-Trump sign at speech &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-gop-lawmaker-says-he-was-thanked-for-grabbing-anti-trump-sign-at-speech-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412081&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Texas Republican lawmaker, rep.\u200c Lance Gooden, made headlines \u200dafter an incident during President Donald TrumpS address to Congress. He snatched a sign saying &#8220;This is not normal&#8221; \u200cfrom Democratic Rep. Melanie Stansbury, who was protesting as\u200b Trump entered the House\u2062 chamber.Gooden justified his actions by \u200cclaiming he was acting on behalf of his constituents, stating that Stansbury was being disrespectful\u200c not\u200c only to the \u2063president but also to\u2062 Congress and the American people. He expressed his belief that while her \u2062message about &#8220;normalcy&#8221; was valid concerning\u2062 certain Democratic positions,it was inappropriate to disrespect\u2064 trump\u200b at that moment. Following the \u200dincident, Gooden received positive feedback from constituents in Texas and even\u200d New York,\u2062 who thanked him for his \u200cactions. Stansbury, however, characterized her\u2062 sign as an &#8220;SOS to the \u200cworld&#8221; and criticized Gooden&#8217;s \u200bresponse as a reflection of living in &#8220;MAGAland.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Texas GOP lawmaker says he was thanked for grabbing anti-Trump sign at speech<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2033959\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) said he was carrying out the will of people in his district when he ripped a sign away from a Democratic lawmaker during President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> address to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gooden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-top-5-moments-from-ben-shapiros-appearance-on-real-time-with-bill-maher\/\" title=\"WATCH: Top 5 Moments From Ben Shapiro\u2019s Appearance On \u2018Real Time With Bill Maher\u2019\">viral moment occurred<\/a> when Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) held up a sign reading, &ldquo;This is not normal&rdquo; as Trump entered the House chamber last Tuesday. This <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/04\/us-news\/lance-gooden-rips-this-is-not-normal-sign-out-of-melanie-stansburys-hands-before-trump-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">prompted the Republican congressman to rip the sign out of her hand<\/a> as Trump passed the two. When asked about the moment, Gooden explained that he felt that Stansbury was disrespecting not just the president but &ldquo;all of Congress and the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3342598\/elon-musk-x-experiencing-massive-cyberattack\/\">Elon Musk says X is experiencing &#8216;massive cyberattack&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3342423\/fbi-hands-over-subpoenaed-documents-christopher-wray-withheld\/\">FBI hands over subpoenaed documents that Republicans say Christopher Wray withheld<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3342624\/ohios-unemployment-rate-continues-to-rise\/\">Ohio&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">unemployment rate continues<\/a> to rise<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;And in that moment, I thought, &lsquo;You know what, she&rsquo;s right,&rsquo; this is not normal in the fact that these Democrats support transgender surgeries for children,&rdquo; Gooden said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Faulkner Focus<\/em>. &ldquo;They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/limbaugh-bidens-baleful-border-betrayal\/\" title=\"LIMBAUGH: Biden\u2019s Baleful Border Betrayal\">support open borders<\/a>. They support lawless cities. I thought, &lsquo;You know, she&rsquo;s right about that, but it&rsquo;s wrong to disrespect President Trump.&rsquo; And I thought, &lsquo;You know what, I&rsquo;ll just carefully toss it.&rsquo; And I did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2836118&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=02ecaff3a0062381a2861eacd497b336\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gooden added that he has since been thanked by people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Texas<\/a>. At a country club on Friday, people told him, &ldquo;You did what we wanted to do,&rdquo; he added. Gooden also said that people in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> have thanked him.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3342191\/andy-harris-al-green-broke-decorum-congressional-outbursts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">ANDY HARRIS CONTENDS AL GREEN BROKE &lsquo;ALL DECORUM&rsquo; WITH CONGRESSIONAL OUTBURSTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gooden said that it is &ldquo;very difficult&rdquo; to work with &ldquo;just about&rdquo; any Democratic lawmakers, though he did acknowledge that Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-CT) is &ldquo;reasonable.&rdquo; Gooden also argued that Rep. Al Green (D-TX) is a lawmaker that voters do not want to see making &ldquo;a fool of himself&rdquo; in Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3339250\/al-green-censured-outburst-trump-joint-address\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">adding that he is &ldquo;proud&rdquo; to have voted to censure the Texas Democrat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stansbury said her sign was intended to be &ldquo;an SOS to the world&rdquo; and suggested she achieved her intent. She also argued Gooden taking her sign was an example of her &ldquo;living in MAGAland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2033959\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2033959\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas lawmaker claims he was praised for seizing anti-Trump sign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2412082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lance-Gooden-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6430,42464,4554,48282,32076],"class_list":["post-2412081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anti-trump","tag-political-protests","tag-speech","tag-texas-gop","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Lance-Gooden-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412085,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412081\/revisions\/2412085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}