Tennessee House Republicans defended their vote to expel two Democratic representatives, arguing, “unprecedented actions yield unprecedented consequences.”
Thursday night, Tennessee House Republicans said the vote to expel Johnson and Jones was “the only path forward” because they participated in “disrespectful and deliberate efforts to disrupt the business of the House.”The debate over expelling Johnson, Jones and Pearson stems from a protest against gun violence that the three Democratic representatives attended at the Tennessee State House last week following theat a Nashville elementary school that left six people dead.
and on the House floor they were exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech and assembly.Tennessee’s House passed a Republican-sponsored bill Thursday to tighten school security measures, while Gov. Bill Lee additional actions aimed at school security, including more than $200 million for armed school resource officers, security upgrades and mental health resources.
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