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i m abby phillip in washington and you are live in the cnn newsroom, unprecedented political retribution. that is what is on the agenda in the tennessee state house right now , protesters have been at the capitol in support of the so called tennessee three democratic state lawmakers who are on the cusp of being expelled from that chamber. and any minute now the gop dominated chamber will vote on whether to remove them from office because get this. they protested on the house floor calling for stricter gun laws after the nashville shooting that left six people dead. three of whom were children. now, if the vote passes, it would be the first time in that body s entire history more than 200 years that a violation of house rules resulted in members being ousted . and so just to recap these three lawmakers, they may be stripped of their elected positions for speaking out of turn. after 39 year olds were gunned down in their grade school. cnn s ryan young is on the scene for ....
President. as i was walking through here, abby, we saw some of these folks talking to each other, just about what s going on. that s all. marquez and pegasus want to ask you guys what made you feel like you need to be here? marquez today to have your voice heard about what s going on. besides being a two time war vet is about my daughters. i mean, i want them to be able to go to school and live a normal life is not normal anymore. and i feel like this. if i don t teach them with protest is then i m not doing my thing as a father, and that s the reason why i m here today. peggy you re you re standing right next to him. you guys were having a conversation. i see your sign. why did this touch you in terms of wanting to be here with these other protesters and to make sure lawmakers heard you guys because sandy hook after sandy hook. i thought we would have better gun laws and we didn t and now we have the covenant shootings and i feel like i have to stand up more. i got to stand up for the ....