Page 11 - Representative Johnson News Today

See how they were questioned in a different way from me. i had some republican colleagues say things like, "well, you know, they didnt show contrition," or "the younger generation has a different way of speaking. they have a different way of addressing things. i am a 60-year-old schoolteacher. i might talk a little more level tone and that sort of thing, but it was very clear what this was about. >> representative johnson, reverend al sharpton first, let me salute you for standing up, saying wha...

There protesting, trying to save their legislators, but also their very own lives, but maybe they will realize that not just the state of tennessee was watching not just the united states of america was watching, but the world was watching you know, american democracy, which is supposed to be the beacon for the world, there in tennessee, it was under full ass assault. when representative jones was ousted, what became like smelling salts for me was the wide margin. he had no chance, no chance at ...

Republicans, again, proved me right. how on earth can tennessee, can tennessee republicans, can the tennessee house of representatives say what they did was not racist, when the two young black representatives were ousted and the white representative was not and especially when representative johnson said flat out, "the color of my skin is what kept me in the" -- johnson said, "kept me in the house of representatives. >> right. >> listening to those men, representative jones and representative p...

Jones, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the state House, tells NPR he's keeping his options open and would "most definitely" demand his seat back if local officials reappointed him to it.

Jones, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the state House, tells NPR he's keeping his options open and would "most definitely" demand his seat back if local officials reappointed him to it.

The Republican-controlled Tennessee House will likely vote on Thursday to expel three Democratic representatives for leading recent gun control protests.

Vote takes place days after deadly Nashville school shooting, with advocates calling possible ousting ‘undemocratic’.

Justin Kanew, the founder of "The Tennessee Holler” — a progressive news site— says his home was shot at on Saturday night just hours after he posted footage of…

Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville was expelled from the state House by Republicans on Thursday in a 72-25 vote — all the result of a…

As the Tennessee House of Representatives prepared to vote on Thursday to expel three Democratic lawmakers for disrupting proceedings by leading demonstrators with megaphones inside the House chamber, CNN Inside Politics host John King came running to their defense, claiming that “They were trying to get a discussion.” At the same time, chief national affairs correspondent Jeff Zeleny argued “no one cares about the rules of the Tennessee House.”