Democrats privately rebuke party members who jeered Trump during speech to Congress: Report

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A group of Democratic members of Congress who jeered, displayed handheld signs in protest or used other methods to distract from President Donald Trump's speech on Tuesday evening to Congress have been reprimanded in closed-door meetings with their own leadership, according to a recent report. 

Multiple Democratic members of Congress made headlines for their very public protests during Trump's speech Tuesday evening to a joint session of Congress. Notably, Democratic Rep. Al Green was censured by Congress on Thursday morning after he shouted at Trump and waved his cane at the president during his speech. 

"It's a consultative process," one source familiar told Axios of the meetings that have occurred since, involving both protesting members and House Democratic leadership. "We understand the pressure they are under." Read more and see video here.