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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 members were standing in alliance with gun reform supporters, including hundreds of students who packed the gallery, hoping, hoping and prayer that the legislature would take up a gun reform plan. instead, this was the plan to expel the members who stood up for gun reform. one state representative, justin jones, was expelled this afternoon. while late today, state representative gloria...
You heard representative jones in there calling this a political lynching he has talked -- he accused republicans of trying to treat him like an uppity negro, someone who needed to be put in this place so those questions are certainly swirling here as we wait to see what the fate of representative pearson will ultimately be that is certainly not lost upon people here, as these protesters continue to stay here and see how all this is going to play out. they have been here since early this morning, chanting and making sure that their voices are heard, even from outside of the chamber, as they se...
The way of what legal trump was . legal actions become of this. i wouldn't want to jeopardize their cases we did. we did just play a little bit of sound from your colleague, representative pearson, who spoke very emphatically very passionately about what he believes is driving this today. he called it white supremacy and patriarchy. do you believe? do you agree with him that this move to expel three of your colleagues has been motivated by both race and gender? representative camper. can you still hear me? alright i believe we have lost representative camper who was on the phone. we will try t...