Former Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones blamed a 'white supremacist system' for his removal after joining in an anti-gun protest at the state Capitol.
Former Tennessee state representative Justin Jones blamed a "white supremacist system" for his removal after joining in an anti-gun protest at the state Capitol.
After a transgender shooter killed six people, including three children, at a private Christian school in Nashville, anti-gun protesters stormed the state Capitol to call for stricter bans on assault weapons. expelled Thursday from their seats "We’re in the midst of a third Reconstruction here in Tennessee that hopefully will have national implications," Jones told MSNBC's Al Sharpton Sunday after his expulsion."But what it means is that this White supremacist system being led by Speaker Cameron Sexton is an attempt to divide and conquer us. But in reality, you see we, the Tennessee Three, we continue to stand together.
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