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Tennessee House expelling 3 democrats over gun control protests starting just now with Justin Jones [1]

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Date: 2023-04-06  

Tennessee's Justin Jones

From NY TIMES

three Democratic lawmakers took to the floor of the Republican-controlled Tennessee House chamber last week to rally for stricter gun control. On Thursday, the three lawmakers — State Representatives Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson and Gloria Johnson — were facing expulsion from the House, a dramatic act of political retribution. In the first vote, the legislature voted 72-25 to oust Mr. Jones.

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it’s telling that a representative who is doing the will of thousands of his constituents — many of whom are loudly protesting outside of the capitol after the death of 6 people including 3 nine year old children in recent days in Tennessee.

So the Tennesseeis 3 as they are called are all about to be expelled for trying to introduce sensible gun laws.

Last Thursday, Representatives Jones, Pearson and Johnson — whose districts are in Nashville, Knoxville and Memphis, the state’s three largest cities — interrupted the legislature by chanting “No action, no peace” on the House floor. Legislative proceedings were forced to a halt. The speaker of the House, Cameron Sexton, responded by comparing the three lawmakers to the rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol in 2021. He called their actions “unacceptable” and a violation of House rules of decorum and procedure. By Monday, he had revoked their ID access to the State Capitol building and had stripped two of the three lawmakers of their committee assignments.

People overtaking the capitol, killing a police officer, wounding many others and chanting

“Hang Mike Pence”

while damaging our capitol is a far cry from peacefully protesting a lack of movement on gun control legislation.

More updates coming….

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