i say my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, are taking is to expel us for speaking about the issues of weapons of war on our streets. as protests raged outside the tennessee house chamber, republicans carry out their despicable act of expelling that democratic legislator, who wanted nothing more than to protect children from being murdered at school something republicans refuse to do now, expelled state representative justin jones who you just saw joins me moments from now and we begin tonight with an unprecedented and frankly shameful day in american politics the tennessee house took up resolutions to expel three democratic lawmakers, not for breaking any laws, mind you. they moved to expel these members for standing in the well of the chamber despite being 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
arriving at the tennessee capitol this morning they are now referred to as the tennessee three. their call for gun safety legislation comes in the wake of that school shooting in nashville, when three children and three caregivers were gunned down at their school minutes from the state capitol chants from protesters were audible throughout the session today, both inside and outside the chamber. by young people, some of whom can t even vote yet, but who are demanding action on the astronomical increase in gun violence at schools. hundreds of advocates, students, young people, and parents, gathered this morning as they have been every day since the shooting in what is literally a fight foo the capitol, flooding the state house to channel their terror into action. a burden this country continuously places on these very young shoulders while republicans focus instead on the extremely rare,