The Tennessee expulsions echoed what happened when Hong Kong authorities, under the direction of the Chinese Communist Party, expelled six pro-democracy lawmakers, writes James Tager.
have revealed Republican in-fighting over the episode.
In the 2016 episode, Hong Kong’s Justice Department filed suits against the six pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, which led to their expulsion from the legislature. Their supposed offense? Each of the legislators had engaged in a different piece of performance theatrics during their swearing-in ceremony.
For the Chinese Communist Party and its supporting officials in Hong Kong, the Council chamber protests were a slap in the face—as well as an opportunity to defang some of their most prominent critics. The city courts, hearing the cases, expelled two of the legislators and declared the four others disqualified from office.
Just as Tennessee’s Republican legislators are doing now, the Hong Kong authorities released a series of statements concerning the cases, denying that the expulsions were politically motivated. The judges who approved the disbarments went out of their way to argue that it was the decorum and honor of the legislative chambers that they were protecting.
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