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 justin s she s a retired teacher who wa represented knoxville sinc 2019 here s 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. i m joined now by tennessee state senator, london lamar, she serves in the upper hous in that state. she previously served in a tennessee house and now chairs the democratic caucus in the senate also joins me, of course, civi rights attorney for presiden director counsel of the naac legal defense fund senator london, let me start with you what is going through your mind, as you are watching this unfol in the state capitol in whic you serve? i m right now sitting in my
That we are that is better than the presen that we currently have [inaudible anything else you want to say? we will keep fighting for people in nashville, in memphis, across the state of tennessee, and across the united states o america, who want justice. we deserve it. this is our birthright, ou inheritance is not just some pieces of paper in constitutions and rules. it s the advocacy and th willingness to protest for what s right, to create and to advocate for laws tha make justice more possible and so, that s what we re goin to do. thank you, sir. god bless you that is justin pearson, he one of the representatives tha was expelled today, along with justin jones and other representative, another as he, said young black man elected b the constituents and voters in their district to represen them in the house and no expelled by that same house. the choice of those individual in those districts rejected by the overwhelmingly white majority of the republican caucus in the tennessee stat house. and sent out of the house fo the crime of having chanted in 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 justin s she s a retired teacher who wa represented knoxville sinc 2019 here s 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. i m joined now by tennessee state senator, london lamar, she serves in the upper hous in that state. she previously served in a tennessee house and now chairs