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Tennessee State Rep. Gloria Johnson implored her colleagues to instate stricter gun safety laws after the Covenant School Shooting.

The Tennessee General Assembly’s expulsion of two African American lawmakers duly elected by their constituents, while sparing a third who happened not to be African American, signifies a dangerous subversion of our representative democracy, the most precious thing we have in this country. With this action, Tennessee Republicans attempted to silence the voices of nearly 140,000 voters who chose these two lawmakers to make informed legislative decisions on their behalf. 

The Tennessee General Assembly’s expulsion of two African American lawmakers duly elected by their constituents, while sparing a third who happened not to be African American, signifies a dangerous subversion

Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones said Thursday on CNN's "The Lead" that the Republicans in the State House want to "reenact the Civil War." | Clips

For a free book 1 808 220400 or go to meso book .com. good evening to give you some idea what change looks like on an issue that some fear is impervious to take a look at the front page of todays nashville, tennessee. in lee. it reads that republican governor bill lee wants gun law action beneath it. jones meaning democratic state representative justin jones expelled after gun violence. protests on the statehouse floor reclaims his seat in the legislature. two major bipartisan developments in th...

We are comfortable enough to have people being killed by gun violence and doing nothing. why is it that we have people who are comfortable with the nras positions on things, but we are not taking concrete steps to create laws that can actually protect us not only in our schools but in our homes in our churches and our banks. and so i dont regret any of the actions that we took. and sometimes anderson it takes to breaking the rules of decorum in order for people. people who have been marginalized...

Positions on things, but we are not taking concrete steps to create laws that can actually protect us not only in our schools but in our homes in our churches and our banks. and so i dont regret any of the actions that we took. and sometimes anderson it takes to breaking the rules of decorum in order for people. people who have been marginalized in silence to push for the periphery to be pushed towards the center of the conversation, and we are pushing the nashville families and were pushing the...

Rep. Justin Jones (D - Nashville) and Rep. Justin Pearson (D - Shelby Co.) were both expelled from the legislature after advocating for gun restrictions.

What’s next for the Tennessee lawmakers expelled from office.

Reinstated, and justin pearson is about to lead supporters to his own reinstatement vote nbcs blayne alexander is live in memphis im also joined by kimberly atkins stohr, columnist for the boston globe and an msnbc political contributor. blayne, it looks energetic what is the feeling there on the ground, and when might we expect a vote >> reporter: well, chris, any minute now were going to see all of those people that you see gathered right there, were going to see them march the mile or so from...