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Going to be a trial. and we were going to hear evidence and it quickly turned into somewhat of a circus we saw video that was shot by a member on the house floor, which is also against decorum. youre not allowed to have a camera to record any proceedings on the house floor when that was questioned, it was immediately turned that, well, that was during recess, so the house rules dont actually apply, and when we tried to use that same logic on the three members who did the majority of their speaki...

Justin Jones and Justin Pearson both have clear paths to quickly retake their seats.

Violence, the mass murder that has just taken place in nashville. i think thats the focus but secondly, the vote dilution or creating a second class citizenship of the voters of the area where those two members come from is of grave concern. we are looking into what legal recourses can take place, but i think the representative pearson was correct, even if the shelby county commissioner reappoints him, the question is will he be seated and that becomes a true legal question that were going to be...

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...

Two Black Democratic lawmakers who participated in a protest responding to a mass shooting at the Covenant School killing three children and three adults were expelled from the Tennessee State House of Representatives. Former Tennessee Representative Justin Jones (D), who was one of the expelled, tells Andrea Mitchell: “Yesterday was a very grave day for democracy.” He adds that even if he is reappointed, he’s not sure he’ll get seated: “Cameron Sexton. as we saw last night, the Speake...

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.

Those going to protest have one common message.

Ruled out of order by the speaker, and attempting to speak loudly against gun violence. and against children being shot dead in schools. something that literally just happened weeks ago in nashville. these three members were standing in alliance with gun reform supporters, including hundreds of students who packed the gallery, hoping, hoping and prayer that the legislature would take up a gun reform plan. instead, this was the plan to expel the members who stood up for gun reform. one state repr...

You heard representative jones in there calling this a political lynching he has talked -- he accused republicans of trying to treat him like an uppity negro, someone who needed to be put in this place so those questions are certainly swirling here as we wait to see what the fate of representative pearson will ultimately be that is certainly not lost upon people here, as these protesters continue to stay here and see how all this is going to play out. they have been here since early this morning...

The way of what legal trump was . legal actions become of this. i wouldnt want to jeopardize their cases we did. we did just play a little bit of sound from your colleague, representative pearson, who spoke very emphatically very passionately about what he believes is driving this today. he called it white supremacy and patriarchy. do you believe? do you agree with him that this move to expel three of your colleagues has been motivated by both race and gender? representative camper. can you stil...