The leadership of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus is warning Democrats against interrupting President Trump’s address to Congress, suggesting that Democratic lawmakers should be dragged out of the chamber or otherwise punished if they heckle him.

The right-wing House Freedom Caucus on Tuesday issued a threat to try to censure any Democratic lawmakers or guests who disrupt President Trump's speech to Congress. Why it matters: The declaration is in response to Axios' reporting that some Democrats have considered bringing noisemakers or walking out of the speech to display their opposition to the Republican president.