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Pearson’s parents spoke at a rally when he was sworn in, after which he promptly returned to the chamber to propose legislation with Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville).
The hungry, the broken, th poor you to this under me. and they will not get a free pass anymore we actually heard and hope tha many of them will repent, bu we must make this a moral issu and not nearly a partisa issue. >> reverent, thank, you as always for getting us started. and tomorrow, i'm going to sta with representative justin jones ahead of monday's march. you can see that interview right, here 6 pm eastern, on american voices. i want to bring in 20 devito cofounder of president way t win and andrea mercado executive director of florid rising tory, i want to start with the words of repr...
>> representative jones, i wan to zero in on somethin specific tomorrow's rally of course comes on the heels of th nashville school shooting that left six dad remarkably, tennessee' republican governor once a new law to keep guns away from dangerous people that is a big deal but with a republica supermajority, how is he going to get that bill passed? there are not enough democrati votes to get him over th finish, line are there >> thank you so much for havin me, jonathan it is so great to see bishop - because it is his movement after going about ten years ag in the first place here an tomorrow...
Bring these black members to heal they wanted to demonstrate the power of the proverbia whipping post, to publicly shame, signify dominance and try to force submission. the real point was wasn't abou the gun control debate or even order in the legislature it was about, it was an attemp to silence dissent joining us now from nashville, is tonight's surprise guest, tennessee democratic state representative justin jones, with him is reverend mar thompson, the host of the nake plane prod cast, and als peniel joseph, the foundin director of the center for the study of race and democracy at the univ...
The book i just saw, we are in the midst of a reconstructio here in tennessee, and so i am hopeful but i am also realizin that we are up against a syste of white supremacy that is emboldened so we're going to continue t move here in the south and i tennessee. >> representative jones, i'm curious, and i'm sure everyone watching is curious. what kind of reception did you receive from the publicans who voted to expel you in th tennessee house this week? >> not a welcoming one i think that they are upse that they are feeling wounded, and one of them, we heard ther leaked audio saying he can't stan...