Such actions are extremely rare, according to a 2019 report by the TN Attorney General. There have been three instances in which members of the state House were expelled, and it has never happened in the TN Senate.
, as reported by the Washington Post. A former student fatally shot three youths and three adults before authorities killed the suspect on March 27, 2023. According to the Post:
Jones, who held a sign that read"Protect kids, not guns," led the crowd on the chamber balcony, shouting"No action, no peace!" into a megaphone. Afterward, Pearson spoke through the megaphone about gun violence and chanted,"Enough is enough." After the vote that allowed Johnson to remain in the House, reporters asked why she thought she was spared. Johnson, who is White, responded:"It might have to do with the color of our skin." Jones is of Black and Filipino descent, and Pearson is Black.by the Tennessee Attorney General.
Second, in 1980, the House expelled Representative Robert Fisher after he had been found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office. [...]
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