President Biden invited the three Tennessee Democrats who faced expulsion votes to the White House Friday, a day after two of them were ousted from the state legislature.
to the White House Friday, a day after two of them were ousted from the state legislature for protesting against gun violence.traveled to NashvilleThe White House has not announced if Biden has invited the family members of the six victims of– which precipitated the protest at the Tennessee statehouse – to Washington, DC.
It also does not appear that Harris met with the family of victims Evelyn Dieckhaus, 9, Hallie Scruggs, 9, William Kinney, 9, Cynthia Peak, 61, Mike Hill, 61, and Katherine Koonce, 60, during her visit to the Volunteer State. The “Tennessee Three” – state Rep. Gloria Johnson, 60, and former state Reps. Justin Jones, 27, and Justin Pearson, 29, – all faced expulsion votes from their Republican colleagues on Thursday over aLawmakers voted to expel Jones and Pearson, who are both black, while Johnson, who is white, survived the vote.
“Earlier today, I spoke to Reps. Jones, Pearson, and Johnson to thank them for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our nation’s democratic values,” Biden
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