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Yesterday's vote on whether to expel them for essentially violating house rules. in the end, the republican supreme majority voted overwhelmingly to oust mr. jones, and mr. pierson the motion to expel gloria johnson, however, a 60 year ol white woman failed by a single vote one of the most shocking elements of the whole scene wa that clearly the rage we saw coming from tennessee hous republicans. remember, they hold an overwhelming majority in thi chamber. 75 seats to just 22 democrat face basically zero checks o their power. republicans control both state houses and the governorship. but they...

Wanted attention, you ar showboating. to the extent they wanted to reduce attention to th protests, reduce attention t the aftermath of the mas slaughter that happened in nashville and the failure to d anything to restrict guns. this does seem like it's havin the opposite effect, right >> absolutely. the more they are trying t silence us around the issues o gun reform and gun violence, the more the people are rising up and speaking out against ho we pass laws this contributed to the mass killing of children an innocent people across thi state. first and foremost, to answe your first question, ...

♪ i like to move it, move it ♪ ♪ you like to... move it ♪ we're reinventing our network. ♪ ♪ ♪ fast. reliable. perfectly orchestrated. the united states postal service. >> the three expelled democrat now speaking outside the tennessee capital, let's liste in >> our constituents from the gallery will remove the pres and we were able to keep everybody there. and it's so critical, when these kinds of things ar happening in this state, we ar

Belittling and demeaning way speaking to their colleagues about, you know, you jus wanted attention, you ar showboating. to the extent they wanted to reduce attention to th protests, reduce attention t the aftermath of the mas slaughter that happened in nashville and the failure to d anything to restrict guns. this does seem like it's havin the opposite effect, right >> absolutely. the more they are trying t silence us around the issues o gun reform and gun violence, the more the people are rising up and speaking out against ho we pass laws this contributed to the mass killing of children an i...

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 ...