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Jones was just sent back to the statehouse. what message does that send to the lawmakers who voted to expel him? i think the messages sends is that they are completely out of touch with what his constituents one you know, at first they were saying there are you know they have the corum and etcetera, um, really showing that they dont understand what those constituents want, which is they want a fighter whos going to fight to end gun violence every single day. they want someone whos unafraid to wo...

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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 youn...

Vacancies in the statehouse can be filled on an interim basis by the countys legislative body. The Shelby County Commission has a nine-member Democratic supermajority.

A blatant attack on democracy in tennessee today the vote to expel representative jones is political retaliation and a reflection of a severe moral crisis in our state and national governments. so what happens next? well, according to the tennessee constitution, a special election must happen and that is because we are over a year out to the next general election happening in november of 2024. in that gap, the county leaders legislators for that open vacant positions. they have the ability to el...

County officials in Tennessee say they want to send the lawmakers who were expelled from their positions right ...

Pearson used a bullhorn and johnson did not. the men, freshmen legislators and black johnson, a white woman in her third term, the super majority of 75. republicans in the tennessee legislature initiated expulsion for all three on the grounds that they had broken the rules of decorum. those votes came on thursday, 10 days after the shooter emptied 152 rounds into the covenant school. 66 votes were required to expel the first vote. it pertained to representative jones, and the vote was 72 25 for ...

Did? >> because, you know, ive bee in this body for a little while, longer than these youn gentlemen, even though representative jones and representative pearson hav been at the capitol advocating for things and theyve seen what its like you know, the reality, i wasnt just a few weeks ago was sitting in the committee a republicans have voted to brin back the firing squad, and bring back the electric chair. and one of the members said, i really like this bill, and i think we should bring back han...

Vacancies in the statehouse can be filled on an interim basis by the countys legislative body. The Shelby County Commission has a nine-member Democratic supermajority.