Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures
that killed six people, including three young students. A third Democrat was spared expulsion by a one-vote margin.in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process.
Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of Democracy 21, a nonpartisan organization advocating for better government, said expulsions have generally been reserved for lawmakers involved in criminal activity. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson said the civil rights organization was prepared to take legal action"to ensure that this heinous attempt to silence the voice of the people is addressed in a court of law.”
Webb questioned why Jones and Pearson would be expelled while Rep. Gloria Johnson, who is white, was not. Nashville attorney Chris Wood was so concerned about the possible expulsion of his representative that he went to the Capitol on Thursday to watch the proceedings.Wood has three children in public schools and called it “unbelievable and immoral” that the Republican majority would refuse to even consider gun restrictions.
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