Following the expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee on Thursday, lawmakers have pointed to things Republicans did or were accused of doing that did not result in expulsion.
— of “disorderly behavior” after leading a crowd of protesters in briefly disrupting the legislative session. Jones and Pearson were ousted, while Johnson narrowly was allowed to keep her seat.
“A state in which the Ku Klux Klan was founded is now attempting another power grab by silencing the two youngest Black representatives and one of the only Democratic women in this body,” he said. “That’s what this is about.”
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