What’s unfolding in the Tennessee State Capitol is extraordinary for its political brazenness and scope. GOP leaders want to expel three Dems over their participation in a gun safety protest. They've already been stripped of their committee assignments.
It’s rare but not unheard of for state legislators to oust their own colleagues, typically in cases where individuals are found guilty of crimes or accused of severe ethical lapses.
“It will echo across the country. I think it will have a chilling effect on all states where there’s supermajorities or very red states,” Rep. Gloria Johnson, one of the Democrats under threat of expulsion, said in a phone interview Tuesday.
Resolutions filed against the three declared that they had participated in “disorderly behavior” and “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives.” “It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six lives in our community, House Republicans only response is to expel us for standing with our constituents to call for gun control,”. “What’s happening in Tennessee is a clear danger to democracy all across this nation.”
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