Tennessee GOP vote on expulsion of Democrats over gun protest
A vote to oust St. Reps. Justin Pearson, Gloria Johnson, and Justin Jones is an extraordinary move the chamber has used only a few times since the Civil War.
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A vote to oust St. Reps. Justin Pearson, Gloria Johnson, and Justin Jones is an extraordinary move the chamber has used only a few times since the Civil War.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin. […]
Thousands of people flocked to the Capitol to support the Democrats, cheering and chanting outside the House chamber so loudly that the noise drowned out the...
Thousands of people flocked to the Capitol to support the Democrats, cheering and chanting outside the House chamber so loudly that the noise drowned out the...