Republicans in the Tennessee state legislature are being accused of racism after expelling two black Democratic lawmakers from the House after they disrupted a session of the legislature, but not expelling the white woman who also protested.
Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were both expelled from the heavily GOP-controlled chamber on Thursday, one week after they used a bullhorn to support a protest for gun control held in the wake of the recent deadly shooting in Nashville.The effort to remove 60-year-old state Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is white, failed by one vote. However, Johnson did not use the bullhorn to interrupt the meeting.
"The targeted expulsions of Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson — two Black duly elected members representing minority districts — makes clear that racism is alive and well in Tennessee," the Congressional Black Caucus said in a statement."This move is not only racist and anti-democratic, it is morally bankrupt and out of step with the overwhelming majority of Americans who believe that we need common sense gun control reforms to save lives.
What a blatant attack on democracy in Tennessee today. The vote to expel @brotherjones_ is political retaliation and a reflection of a severe moral crisis in our state and national governments. @Tennessean pic.twitter.com/9EyoR0C2oi"What a blatant attack on democracy in Tennessee today," King tweeted."The vote to expel @brotherjones_ is political retaliation and a reflection of a severe moral crisis in our state and national governments.
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