Joe Biden calls expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers 'undemocratic'
We need to do something and expelling Justin Jones is not the answer. It is a threat to democracy, says Jason Powell
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We need to do something and expelling Justin Jones is not the answer. It is a threat to democracy, says Jason Powell
Members of the caucus said the expulsion votes looked like a "Jim Crow-era trial," saying a "pattern of racism" permeates business at the Tennessee Capitol.
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. you're 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 don't actually apply, and when we tried to use that same logic on the three members who did the majority of their speaking out during a recess, it fell on deaf ears the reality is these rules are meant to benefit the m...
The Thursday edition of The 11th Hour came unhinged as Tennessee Lookout editor-in-chief Holly McCall responded to the expulsion of two Tennessee Democrats from the state House by asking if the state ever left it’s KKK past, declared the state to lead the way in “backwards and discriminatory legislation” and wondered if Gov. Bill Lee even cares about his own daughter and friends.
This. they do their hand like this. it's like leading the choir. they were already quite worked up because they love their state and they love their kids, and they want to see a safer place for the children. and themselves. how can we get to the to the answers? are we going to do about gun violence? what what are we going to do about guns in court? what are we going to do about red flag laws? the conversation can happen because they're drowning out sucking all the air out of the room. cnn's ryan young is live in nashville at the state house and watched all of this go down. um i guess the big q...