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we can feel it, right? in the moment yesterday. that history was being made in the state of tennessee yes, of course it was shameful that it came to all of that. expelling two state lawmakers ostensibly on procedural grounds over peaceful protests but ask yourself this. if the ultimate goal of any demonstration is to draw attention, to shine a light on injustice, then who is really better off as we come on the air less than 24 hours later today the tennessee republican party or those t...

dishonor. as republicans in that state would have you believe. what we are watching play out in the state of tennessee right now is really about a gross abuse of power. it is about anti-democratic hysteria. and above all else, it represents a new low that may soon be bested but at least as of today, it represents a new low in the republican partys race to the bottom. as we sit here today, a super majority of that states republican lawmakers are poised to expel three of their colleagues...

And him earlier, and i agree with charlie. this guy, it seems to become a superstar. nobody knew who a state rep from tennessee was. he will be known by everybody across america. and probably in different parts of the world in this. i think what he said, if democrats were smart, is to apply that message over and over and over again. because it works in urban areas. it works among african americans. it works among latinos and whites. it is basically the republicans are not silencing me, the leade...

By wiping out the opposition which means finally it is a moment where once again, we see anti-democratic forces. >> i want to get. i take the congresswomans point. it doesnt matter. the end result is the republican party is in terms of numbers the largest autocratic movement. they are now all part of something. that in tennessee, more exhelding members, participating in a peaceful protest. they are stripping journalists of their rights. they are from coast to coast, passing laws that treat women...

State capitol all day reporting out this story for us. can you take us through what is going to happen over the next two hours and into the night and if you have been talking to folks able to predict how the votes will go? are they straight party line affairs? >> yeah, nicole. these are votes that are going to take place right now. it is representative justin jones turn. he spoke 20 minutes. now he is receiving questions from lawmakers about what happened last week when those three democratic la...

Here to the peoples emoples he it is to do that we fight for red flags laws and fight to make sure that this is a democracy and many tan tamaintains the democratic philosophies. this is a first in measure hish american history and were losing our democracy to people who want to keep a status quo that is damning to the rest of us it is no coincidence that two youngest black are on trial today. this is what happens when you lose democracy this is what we are fighting against and must stand up agai...

>> and there was justin pearson. that is not the first that you will see of him. he is one of the three democratic representatives who are as he said on trial today, one has already been expelled if you have been watching along with us. that was justin jones. and we are waiting for representative goloria johnson who is one of two women in the body to speak in her own defense. i want to play the last minute that he said >> if you continue to show up, because this issue is too important, i talked ...

Speaking in his own defense. it has fallen to the three democratic members t exactly with who we are as a country. and the republicans putting their anti-democratic tactics ahead of doing anything for the good, the whole good, doing something that the american people and majority of them would lisk move and legislate on gun safety and we believe that representative gloria johnson is anning questions and well listen to that when it start.

Issue. they are here because they feel like this is an attack on democracy and their voices are not going to be heard if the democratic legislators are expelled at the end of the session today. >> priscilla thompson, thank you so much and your reporting on this. congresswoman, i am not, i dont have top of mind the poll numbers for these districts but matt and i spent enough times in politics. if they face their constituents again, they will win even more resoundingly. if they face the whole coun...

>> these gun issues are small d democracy issues they have overwhelming support and that is not reflected in the gerrymandering legislation and that is why we saw the result in wisconsin this past week the forces of democracy have mobilized themselves >> and so she has not started but i want to bring in to the conversation democratic state senator from michigan mallory. and i feel like this is some of your wheelhouse in terms of the issues and trying to the