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TN Republicans Voting to Expel 3 Democrats from State House of Representatives

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They have voted to expel one already and the other 2 are expected to be expelled also today.

Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson acknowledge that they didn't follow the rules of order and decorum by speaking without being formally recognized. But they're facing a disciplinary measure that's only been used twice since the 1800s. Republicans have said the trio's actions amount to an insurrection.
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Days earlier, a 28-year-old assailant shot and killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville, prompting crowds of students and parents to visit the legislature, urging new controls.

Jones, Pearson and Johnson called out Republican leaders for not responding to the push for gun restrictions in response to the mass-shooting crisis in the U.S. They did so, they said, to amplify the voices of protesters and their constituents.
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"This was not an insurrection," Johnson told WPLN. "We've had skirmishes on the floor that have taken this long to resolve, and there were never any consequences."

Jones said on CNN that Republicans are using authoritarian methods to silence the opposition. "It's very concerning and it represents a clear and present danger to democracy all across this nation," Jones said. "That should trouble us all."

It is "morally insane," Jones said, to prioritize punishing lawmakers over a procedural breach after a mass shooting at a school.
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Republicans immediately criticized the three lawmakers for disrupting order and breaking procedural rules in the chamber, in a disruption they say lasted nearly an hour.

House Speaker Cameron Sexton compared the incident to Jan. 6: "What they did today was equivalent, at least equivalent, maybe worse depending on how you look at it, to doing an insurrection in the State Capitol," he said.
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https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/1168...s over gun protest,only twice since the 1800s.

I find this absolutely disgusting; to compare non-violent 'unruly behavior' that was protesting gun violence to Jan. 6 and to expel them rather than fine or censure them. The charge against them is breaking some rules. There have been physical fights on the floor of the chamber and worse violations of the rules than these three committed and no suggestion of expulsion was ever made. This is nothing more than childish and hateful GOP political revenge and to redirect attention from gun control after the school shooting and, I suspect, Trump's indictment. This is representative of the GOP party today. Reprehensible
 
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It is beyond disgusting: It is open fascism.
Irony is this is why I did not agree with the protestors: we might need guns to fight the fascists. Maybe when things are settled down I would support gun control, but not now.
I hope the remaining democrats in the legislature all walk out and don't come back. Thye are doing no good there and they might as well show the nation what is going on .
But what can you expect from the state that gave us the KKK and the Monkey Trials.
Boycott anything from Tennesee. I will not, fo rone, buy any music recorded in Nashville.
I was thinking about a vacation this summer to visit ,once again, the Civil War Battlefields in Tennesee but now that is out.
 
Ever since the Republicans went out of their way to block Obama from appointing a new Supreme Court Judge in his final year, and then turned around and confirmed Trump's judge at almost the last minute, it should be clear, that Republican "politics" is now based on nothing but naked exercise of power. If you can't stop them from doing it, they'll do it, "justifications", "logic", "normal procedure" be damned.

See also the newly elected State Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin, that the GOP is already talking about impeaching, before the ballots are even cold.

This is what you have now, and nothing else they do should surprise you.
 
Nothing like this has happened since the 1860's. This is an assault on Democracy by Republicans yet again. One of the reps who will likely be expelled, Justin Pearson, said of the last two people to be expelled" One committed sexual assault on 22 people and the other committed bribery. We broke a house rule because we're fighting for kids who are dying from gun violence and people in our communities who want to see an end to the proliferation of weaponry in our communities and that leads to our expulsion."
 
Horatius said:
Ever since the Republicans went out of their way to block Obama from appointing a new Supreme Court Judge in his final year, and then turned around and confirmed Trump's judge at almost the last minute, it should be clear, that Republican "politics" is now based on nothing but naked exercise of power. If you can't stop them from doing it, they'll do it, "justifications", "logic", "normal procedure" be damned.

See also the newly elected State Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin, that the GOP is already talking about impeaching, before the ballots are even cold.

This is what you have now, and nothing else they do should surprise you.
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I am surprised they are so blantent about i.
Which is why, again, for the time being I am opposed to Gun Control. If they want to make this a naked exercise in power, then so be it.
 
Stacyhs said:
Nothing like this has happened since the 1860's. This is an assault on Democracy by Republicans yet again. One of the reps who will likely be expelled, Justin Pearson, said of the last two people to be expelled" One committed sexual assault on 22 people and the other committed bribery. We broke a house rule because we're fighting for kids who are dying from gun violence and people in our communities who want to see an end to the proliferation of weaponry in our communities and that leads to our expulsion."
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That two of the expelles are Afro American is not a coinicedence.
Time to fight these people by whatever means necessary.
I get ridicules for saying I don't see a peaceful end to this, but more the ever I am convinced I am right.
 
Tennesee needs another little visit from the guy in my Avatar and his buddy General Sherman badly.
 
And I repeat, I hope the Dems in the legislature have the guts to just walk out..permanently. They can't do any good. Time for some massive disruption.
 
I agree that the Dems should walk out. I am not in agreement with your comments about gun control.
 
Stacyhs said:
I agree that the Dems should walk out. I am not in agreement with your comments about gun control.
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We have to agree to disagree.
I might favor gun control when democracy is secure in this coutnry. Not right now.
 
Between this, and looking like all hell is going to break loose in Lebanon not a good news day.
 
I saw one of the reps comments on Twitter, and all the GQP replies were accusing her of insurrection and staging a coup. Yeah… that’s what the pubbies think.
 
kookbreaker said:
I saw one of the reps comments on Twitter, and all the GQP replies were accusing her of insurrection and staging a coup. Yeah… that’s what the pubbies think.
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I have stopped buying irony meters. They just blow up too quickly nowdays.
 
slyjoe said:
Trust me, I know. I prefer Scotch myself. But I do have some friends that I keep JD around for, so when they visit I can entertain them properly.
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And my summer vacation plans are shot to hell.
Was going to visit Shiloh..again...and Chattanooga/Chickamauga for the first time, but now that is off. My way of fighting what the guys who fought for the Union at those battlefields were fighting for.
 
slyjoe said:
Taking Jack Daniels off my shopping list now.
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dudalb said:
There are better ,non Tennesee whiskeys out there anyway.
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I dunno; their single barrel, barrel proof is pretty darn good.

And

First, it was Hershey's, then it was Bud Light, and now, Jack Daniel's is the latest brand this year to be facing a boycott over claims the company has "gone woke."

Social media users have taken offense to the whiskey brewer's "small town, big pride" campaign in which it teamed up with drag queens from Ru Paul's Drag Race—despite the campaign being nearly two years old.

The row over LGBTQ+ brand ambassadors is symbolic of a wider debate about drag shows and their exposure to children. Critics have expressed concerns over Drag Queen Story Hour, readings for children by drag performers at libraries. Tennessee, Jack Daniel's home state, was the first to pass a drag show ban in the presence of children over concerns about their sexualized content. The law has since been temporarily blocked by a federal judge.
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So I'll be buying their new 10 and 12 year as well. If I can find them at retail.
 
Dominating the news.
Tennesee is going end up with the worst black eye it had since the Monkey trials.
 
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