![]() “It’s shocking, undemocratic and without precedent,” Biden, 80, added. And what are GOP officials focused on? Punishing lawmakers who joined thousands of peaceful protesters calling for action,” he tweeted. “Three kids and three officials gunned down in yet another mass shooting. The expulsion deliberations caught the eye of President Biden on Thursday. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis).īoth Jones and Pearson are black, while Johnson, 60, is white. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), who unexpectedly survived her expulsion vote 65-30, after an impassioned speech before the legislative body.įinally, the chamber voted 69-26 in favor of removing 27-year-old Rep. Justin Jones, 27, (D-Nashville) was the first to be ousted, in a 72-25 vote, for inciting protesters to disrupt deliberations on the House floor after three adults and three 9-year-olds were gunned down at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27. Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted Thursday to expel two of the three Democratic lawmakers that led gun control protests that spilled into the state Capitol building last week. NRA boss blasts do-nothing DAs, media for ‘glorifying’ mass shootings Nashville Christian school shooter’s manifesto to be released after cops review for publicīiden opens White House to disruptive ‘Tennessee Three’ legislatorsĪudrey Hale manifesto a ‘blueprint on total destruction’ say pols, who claim FBI is stalling release
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