Green was seen on the House floor waving a sign that read "Black People Aren't Apes." The gesture was an apparent reference to a video
Trump posted on social media this month that depicted former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes.
As a staff member escorted him to the door minutes into the speech, Green waved his sign at the Republican side of the aisle, where Rep. Troy Nehls, a fellow Texan, tried to snatch it.
"Judging from the expression on his face, he got the message," Green said of Trump when speaking with reporters after his removal. "He saw it, he got the message."
"Now, there are people who believe that I should not take a stand such as this," he added. "There are others who have taken stands, and they, too, have been vilified. Dr. [Martin Luther King] King went to jail for taking a stand. Rosa Parks went to jail for taking a stand. Sometimes you have to take a stand."