What the expulsion of two representatives tells us about Tennessee
Tennessee House Republicans voted Thursday to expel two Democratic colleagues for breaking House rules. This came just days after Reps. Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson took to the House floor to join protesters calling for gun reform.
The expulsion made national and international headlines. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre opened the Thursday’s press briefing by calling the expulsion vote “shocking, undemocratic and without precedent.” Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Nashville on Friday to visit the Reps. Jones, Johnson and Pearson, who have been dubbed…
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