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April 6, 2023

Nashville Lawmakers to Vote on Expulsion of Legislators Who Protested Gun Violence 
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In Nashville, faith leaders held a peaceful sit-in protest at the state
Capitol, inside the office of Republican Speaker Cameron Sexton. They
were calling on the Tennessee Legislature to abandon its plan to expel
three state legislators who supported students demanding gun safety.
House Republicans, who hold a supermajority in Tennessee, are voting on
the expulsions today. The legislators represent Tennessee's three
largest cities; only two other lawmakers have been ousted from the
Tennessee House of Representatives since the Civil War. Click here to
see our interview with Tennessee state Representative Justin Jones.


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