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Yesterdays vote on whether to expel them for essentially violating house rules. in the end, the republican supreme majority voted overwhelmingly to oust mr. jones, and mr. pierson the motion to expel gloria johnson, however, a 60 year ol white woman failed by a single vote one of the most shocking elements of the whole scene wa that clearly the rage we saw coming from tennessee hous republicans. remember, they hold an overwhelming majority in thi chamber. 75 seats to just 22 democrat face basica...

Wanted attention, you ar showboating. to the extent they wanted to reduce attention to th protests, reduce attention t the aftermath of the mas slaughter that happened in nashville and the failure to d anything to restrict guns. this does seem like its havin the opposite effect, right >> absolutely. the more they are trying t silence us around the issues o gun reform and gun violence, the more the people are rising up and speaking out against ho we pass laws this contributed to the mass killing ...

♪ i like to move it, move it ♪ ♪ you like to... move it ♪ were reinventing our network. ♪ ♪ ♪ fast. reliable. perfectly orchestrated. the united states postal service. >> the three expelled democrat now speaking outside the tennessee capital, lets liste in >> our constituents from the gallery will remove the pres and we were able to keep everybody there. and its so critical, when these kinds of things ar happening in this state, we ar

Belittling and demeaning way speaking to their colleagues about, you know, you jus wanted attention, you ar showboating. to the extent they wanted to reduce attention to th protests, reduce attention t the aftermath of the mas slaughter that happened in nashville and the failure to d anything to restrict guns. this does seem like its havin the opposite effect, right >> absolutely. the more they are trying t silence us around the issues o gun reform and gun violence, the more the people are risin...

The well of that body. now, they did not expel, as he noted, a third democrat, glori johnson, who also was chanting with those to justins shes a retired teacher who wa represented knoxville sinc 2019 heres what she said after tha vote that spared her expulsion >> why do you feel like ther is a difference in the outcome between you and your colleague >> i will answer your question it might have to do with the color of our skin. >> im joined now by tennessee state senator, london lamar, she serves...

Office just absolutely paste a the massive display of racis that you just experienced by watching the expulsion of tw black men who were sent here overwhelmingly voted by thei district, and they expelle them for speaking out agains gun violence, but they kept th white women in office, who was just as guilty of speaking out against gun violence, and ha displayed multiple acts of disruption and civil disobedience throughout th years that she has been here and so, what youre seeing i the gops fragi...

Victims in this state, because they refused to do something about gun violence i am upset this is absolutely ridiculou what they are doing to these individuals and it is a threat to democracy around this country. >> sherrilyn, the constitution guarantees to each say the republican form of governanc and republican in that phrase, in the constitution, i understood by the founders o democracy representative for of governance. is this allowable, what happening? >> chris, please excuse my voice, im a...

Lobbies around putting a comprehensive approach t reducing gun violence in state instead of listening to th people they would rather get checks and support from the nra and design bills at the bret officially in tennessee than they will to ban assault rifles, at least bring the permittin process they had in tennesse back that would allo background checks and allo people to be educated on the use of guns, so that we ca have a responsible community around guns. tennessee has one of the highest rat...

Chris. >> all, right priscill thompson, whos been there all day for us doing fantastic reporting, in the chamber righ outside, youve seen protest there all day. obviously, this was countere just a few days ago when the speaker of the tennessee house announced very quickly that an expulsion resolution will be moved to the house floor, an of course, those three members out there joining the raucou crowds who have been in th state house and have been in the state house now on and off for a week, si...

President trump because he won the state of missouri by 19 points. she told bret baier that she 100% supports president trumps policies on the caravan and on immigration response to that. shes trying to run to the center and josh hawley, a republican opponent, has really made this an issue by calling out claire mccaskill and saying you are not a moderate, you are too left-leaning for thi state, so thats what this is all in response to. >> tucker: i got to say as an editorial comment that i cant ...