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The gerrymandered Republican supermajority in the lower Tennessee House expelled two freshman African American Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for leading a peaceful student protest demanding gun reform.

Impact of unfettered access to firearms heres our conversation. >> yeah, the proliferation o guns in our communities ha real ramifications legislation being passed at th tennessee state house that makes it easier to access a gun, has real ramifications so, i say the names of larry thorn and dr. nelson, who were murdered due to gun violence and its really important that we understand this moment as a catalyst about what happened but theyre being laws tha have led to this happening, an theres also...

Well you know, im not going to just look into anyone or tell you whats in anyones heart. but i certainly will say it is fair to judge people by their . i mean, everybody has seen the tapes. they saw the questions about the sponsors of the resolutions. but again, i think , except for people to judge for themselves, i am certainly have that share that concern with a lot of people. youre concerned that that might be that there. that might have been a part of this. well i would hate for that to be t...

Rep. Bryan Richey (R-TN) claimed the accusations that former Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson (D-TN) were expelled over their race is "political nonsense."

Johnson, Spanberger Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Protect 340B Program, Prevent Higher Drug Prices Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) introduced a bipartisan bill that would prohibit health insurers and PBMs from discriminating against 340B Drug Pricing Program providers or their contract pharmacies on the basis of their status…

South Dakota loves their incumbents, and a recent poll conducted by South Dakota State University seems to be marking Senator John Thune, Congressman Dusty Johnson, and (especially) Governor Kristi Noem safe in their elected positions, as their approval among South Dakotans remains largely unchanged since they last time they tested the waters six months ago:…

That have been imposed b democrats, theyre not dealing with the gun lock up, you know and securing weapons bills tha have been proposed they dont want to do any of those things they want to do the things tha we already know dont work we already know that they were 140 armed officers outside o the uvalde school. so, this was a moment when the were confronted and i think th speaker unfortunately does not have the temperament or self control to be able to deal wit what these representatives are bri...

Two Democrats, including Justin J. Pearson from Memphis, have been expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Rep. Johnson, Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Rep. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) spoke without permission on the House floor to protest school safety.

Lindsey. >> priscilla thompson, thank you. >> now, i want to bring in the one democrat to survive that expulsion campaign by a single vote, gloria johnson, and derrick johnson the president and ceo of the naacp so representative, first to you, how are you doing this morning how are your colleagues doing, and how do you move on from this, representative johnson, and go back to work with the people who made it clear they dont think you belong there >> yeah, you know, that part of it is going to be...