remarkable scene tonight in the tennessee house of representatives were waiting for a vote. i should say actually vote has just taken place on whether to expel the last of the three democratic legislators. ah we re still waiting on the results of that vote for a gun violence protests that they held the last week on the floor of the house in the wake of the mass shooting the covenant school just a few miles away. representative justin pearson of memphis, who has just been speaking he now his fate hangs in the balance will be up to report to republicans who control the two thirds majority needed to expel him to decide his fate expelled earlier today, representative justin jones of nashville will talk with him in just a moment a measure to expel representative gloria johnson, knoxville failed by a single vote. to the nation. keep watching. we re losing our democracy. we need to make sure that we stomp out this march to fascism. absolute power corrupts. absolutely and we cannot f
vote for a gun violence protests that they held the last week on the floor of the house in the wake of the mass shooting the covenant school just a few miles away. representative justin pearson of memphis, who has just been speaking he now his fate hangs in the balance will be up to report to republicans who control the two thirds majority needed to expel him to decide his fate expelled earlier today , representative justin jones of nashville will talk with him in just a moment a measure to expel representative gloria johnson, knoxville failed by a single vote. to the nation. keep watching. we re losing our democracy. we need to make sure that we stomp out this march to fascism. absolute power corrupts. absolutely and we cannot forget that. as on everything, folks. there was a difference in the alexander. you want. i will answer your question i might have to do with the color of our skin. we should point out that justin pearson. now it s the voters just taking place has been
we re seeing this generation of activists start to enter. the lawmaking process, just like the generations before them some out of fisk university, right and nashville in the sixties who ended up being lawmakers. what s significant about that? is there a generation that watched occupy wall street? they are a post trayvon martin generation. they are black lives matter generation and they are kind of parkland era generation. they think about gun policy in the politics around shootings differently. their politics are more confrontational, and they really do feel as though this is their time to make a mark, and they re very media savvy. and i think that justin jones in a way in particular, and pearson, also from memphis, they really embodied kind of that mix of savvy and politics and approach to progressive politics that is distinct to this generation run does, but already does that. and
trayvon martin generation. they are black lives matter generation and they are kind of parkland era generation. they think about gun policy in the politics around shootings differently. their politics are more confrontational, and they really do feel as though this is their time to make a mark, and they re very media savvy. and i think that justin jones in a way in particular, um and pearson, also from memphis, they really embodied kind of that mix of savvy and politics and approach to progressive politics that is distinct to this generation run does, but already does that. and i think that does that mean i mean on on the protest that they that they did? they clearly believe that they re you know, they have the moral high ground. um it is difficult to legislate if members of a representative