politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
gop has a veto proof majority. what does that say about the direction that tennessee and red states overall are heade in, and what would you want to see from the white house t stop it? well, reverend sharpton, th truth is tennessee is not a re state. it is a state that is bein re-manipulated by voting tennessee because the - gerrymandered districts. then we have some the most extreme voter suppression laws in the nation. i would dare say that tennessee is the mos undemocratic state in th nation so this type of plantation politics that, my colleagues i the general assembly, under th leadership of congressma sexton has silenced the vote of democracy what we are seeing is that these young people are really, during this new force, this ne pressure that i believe will restore some type of democracy and some type of multi racia democracy in this state. it s about the movement. they will silence the youn
conquer will work anymore. because we the people ar awakened like i said, we ar resurrecting a reconstructio right here in nashville. and that is not stopping now, all of this is happening in the wake of the nashville school shooting. it left six people dead. and you and representative pearson and johnson took to th floor, the republica controlled tennessee house chamber, to rally for stricter gun control. you said that you and your participation in the protest amounted to standing up fo young people and others. many of whom can t vote. they can t even vote yet but they are terrified by mass shootings plaguing our state and our nation of what we just saw, in your case, mr. jones, how d democrats in the state level especially in a gop dominate state like yours, fight fo stricter gun and safety laws and when well, the reality is th majority of tennesseeans are supporting this common sense gun loss like red flag laws,
congress, in reality you see - stand together, because they - was to expel the two younges black lawmakers, their attac on democracy hurts all of us whether you are black, brown or white, it is this assault o all of us. that is the thing, when we are expelled, there were thousands of people from all across th state in rural county an neighboring counties, black an white, of all ages standing at the capitol saying, we will no allow this to happen our democracy is too important to let this pass this extrem azure that will help set a precedent for the future har us all so having she has always stood with us when i was an activist in 2020 stuck comes down with us she stood with us on that hous for that day we were set to protest the lives of our young people wh are being terrorized by this weapons on our street. she s calling for an end t this public in a state that seems to worship guns over the wise o these babies and so, when we stand with gloria, we stand united. no type of sys
legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposures, which wil definitely get into, it also i a signal being sent by the tennessee gop on where the would like to see our democrac ahead. and as gop dominated slick day legislatures are increasingl empowered, to remove publi officials they disagree with o