"Thank god we got rid of those two animals who were corrupting the naive mind of that woman. Who knows what else they might have tried with her."

this seems like performative bullshit that will go wrong.. you expel them but i think that triggers special elections and they can run again(and cant be re-expelled) and now they are more popular than ever and will bring in more money than ever. the republicans have pushed those two onto the national political stage and they will know likely have significantly bigger and better careers than their gop peers..

Did they not breach the chamber and forced themselves past police barricades after a protest outside the Assembly?

The two reps used the bullhorn and the one did not.


So someone voted only to kick out the white lady?

Sorry I do not know how to label the quote to that individual

Seems trivial to kick them out as they can be appointed again or run and chances win again . Its a bad look

No. Whitson abstained from voting on the Jones and Pearson vote, and voted against expelling Johnson.

But abstaining and voting against expulsion were functionally equivalent here since all the Democrats voted against expulsion and the GOP needed 66 votes in favor of it to expel them.

We've rationalized this objectively racist behavior incredibly quickly!

No we have not rationalized the behavior at all. You think they would be smart and just kick all three out as they should have known the optics of it are terrible even if the intent was not racist

It's almost as if the votes for all 3 were different and the white lady missed it by one vote.

No, you're definitely not flailing around to find any kind of lame justification. B-b-b-b-but the megaphone! She didn't use the megaphone, that makes this not at all unvarnished racism!

Played how?

Why do you think Jones got more votes than Pearson? Because he's darker?

"No protestors broke into the state Capitol. No one entered without going through security. No members of the public stormed the House chamber floor."

Source: https://www.tennessean.com/story/new...n/70075823007/

Statement from one of the reps who voted not to expel Johnson.

moral of the story, always get a lawyer.

like I didnt think was racism or anthing before, but after reading that statement, ya Im leaning straight racism. its just that dumb.

I read the letter, which is more or less the first time someone explained clearly what actually happened (LOL MSM who as usual failed to provide the basic details).

Now we at least know the basic facts are the Tennessee 3 led a group of activists into the chamber, and then them and the activists disrupted proceedings by basically having a political rally on the spot, breaking numerous rules in the process. For those that think the expulsions were unfair, do you think there should have been no repercussions at all for the stunt and it should just be game on that anyone can pull any political stunt they want to disrupt the Congress? Or do you think there should have been some repercussions, but expulsion is out of line.

I am pretty sure if most of us brazenly flaunted established rules and decorum and tried a stunt like that in our workplace there would be repercussions, and likely most of us would be fired. So what is the rationale the Tennessee 3 should be given a free pass?

There is much more to this story. The TN GOP is trying to force the city to build a domed stadium for the Titans. They also passed legislation halving the size of the city council. They also are attempting board takeovers of the convention center and airport. So much for small government!

TN in general is poorly run. Nashville provides the funding for everyone and the rednecks want their hands on more of the money.

I read one version of the proposed resolution and didn't see this. Can you please provide a link?

If most of us kept loosening gun laws and then shootings escalated we would also be fired. Do you agree?

Furthermore: the TN House rules say the punishment for breaking decorum is censure, and yet the two black guys were expelled. Do you agree they should follow the House rules?

Maybe the Tennessee Three would have been lauded if they had used their Second Amendment rights to protest.

what a shame

That's the way all Republicans should feel, because their party seems to be on quite a roll with overplaying their hand - this kind of thing isn't going to be helpful for them at the ballot box IMO.

cool

I dont know Tenn house rules so I will take your word for it. If you want to argue they were over-punished and have a legal case for unjust termination (or whatever), than that seems reasonable.

I do find it amusing that it was pretty easy to anticipate (which iI did in the Trump thread) following the Trump indictments the Republican Party would be under tremendous pressure to retaliate and probably would, and then they do exactly that and now we are all supposed to be surprised and outraged.

Anyways, these are all elected officials that can be voted out, so I guess the people of Tennessee (and the nation at large) will determine who they believe is acting unacceptably.

Tennessee may be the most gerrymandered state in that nation. It’s clear you do not know the history. I do not doubt that Tennesseans in dying parts of the state will continue to vote more and more authoritarian in search of a fix to their ails. And Tennessee will turn purple over the next couple of decades as those areas continue to shrink in population.

Bringing up the Trump indictment is bizarre. This is about state and local politics. Trump wouldn’t piss on these legislators (or you )if they were on fire.

Also, did you watch a video of the protest? If you call this an insurrection then you must call Jan 6th a coup, right?

what's more interesting than the expulsion is the extortion currently being threatened for them running again. there have been reports that the areas they represent will lose state funding if they are in the special elections..

just insanely corrupt stuff.