Vice-President Kamala Harris met Friday with the two young lawmakers Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, one day after they were expelled from the Tennessee state house.
met Friday with the two young lawmakers Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, one day after they were expelled from the Tennessee state house.
"We have rules, we have decorum, we have process, we have procedures. Imagine if that happened on the congressional floor during his State of the Union address," said Republican Cameron Sexton, Tennessee's House Speaker. "I don't have to say a word about the fact that our two young African-American brothers were unfairly prosecuted," said Tennessee State Representative Sam McKenzie, a Democrat and Chairman of the Black Caucus, "It's a horrific indictment on the Tennessee GOP, and they ought to be ashamed of themselves."
Rosenthal says Tennessee is an example of how deep political divisions in the nation right now, can lead to a breakdown of civility, communication, and compromise.
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