Vice President Kamala Harris will be making an impromptu visit in Nashville, Tennessee to meet with state lawmakers who were expelled for storming the state capital.
Vice President Kamala Harris departs Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Thursday, April 6, 2023.
Gun reform and"Tennessee Three" supporters raise signs in the gallery of the House chamber Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee."Today’s expulsion of lawmakers who engaged in peaceful protest is shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent," Biden said Friday."Rather than debating the merits of the issue, these Republican lawmakers have chosen to punish, silence, and expel duly-elected representatives of the people of Tennessee.
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