Republicans in action.
Posted on 04/06/2023 5:32:39 PM PDT by Morgana
The Tennessee House of Representatives has voted to expel two young black Democrat members of the state legislature, a week after they joined a protest against gun laws, bringing a bullhorn onto the House floor amid a noisy demonstration.
Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both 27, were joined in their protest on March 31 by Gloria Johnson, 60, a veteran member of the legislature, who is white.
Jones and Pearson were voted out of the House on Thursday: Johnson was not.
Asked why she avoided expulsion, Johnson - the only white person among the three - said it 'might have to do with the color of my skin.'
Until Thursday, only two people had been expelled from the Tennessee state legislature since the Civil War.
Joe Biden called the vote 'shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent'.
He tweeted: 'Three kids and three officials gunned down in yet another mass shooting.
'And what are GOP officials focused on?
'Punishing lawmakers who joined thousands of peaceful protesters calling for action.
'It's shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent.'
Jones said after the vote that it showed Tennessee was 'on a path toward authoritarianism', and his lawyers were analyzing whether the expulsion vote was legal.
'This should sound the alarm across the nation, that we are entering some very dangerous territory,' he said.
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So they expel the two blacks and not the white.
Oh, that’s good optics. /s
The Stupid Party Strikes Again!
All three will be back within a week, anyway.
I had no idea they could even be expelled. WOW Tennesse lawmakers have balls
Seriously - can someone explain what happened here. It turns a great law and order move to shooting yourself in the foot.
They should have dumped the fat white gal too.
And now after the racial backlash they will cave, as Republicans always do.
Didn’t these ‘Rats stage their little coup inside at the precise time that a mob was strumming the building from the outside.
bttt
Justin Jones was born in Oakland,Ca, He is a 26 year old punk who has led protest after protest.
Republicans in action.
Even when the Republicans do something good, people here bitch. SMH.
"Tennessee state legislature votes to expel TWO Democrats a week..."
Why did they not expel the white woman?
You realize how this is going to get blown up now?
“So they expel the two blacks and not the white.
Oh, that’s good optics. /s
The Stupid Party Strikes Again!”
And when this bites them in the ass and companies start bringing pressure, they’ll start screaming about wokism.
Republicans seem to be the kings of unforced errors.
Why exactly did the white legislator get a pass? Visually, it seems wrong.
“Justin Jones was born in Oakland,Ca, He is a 26 year old punk who has led protest after protest.”
He still has rights under the 1st amendment.
“Joe Biden called the vote ‘shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent.’”
You mean like the ‘precedent’ you just set having your political opponent arrested and charged with bogus crimes?
*SPIT*
“Brandon tweeted: ‘Three kids and three officials gunned down in yet another mass shooting.
‘And what are GOP officials focused on?”
Oh, Puh-leese! Brandon can’t put together a complete sentence, let alone type out a tweet!
*SMIRK*
“Even when the Republicans do something good, people here bitch. SMH.”
I don’t think this is going to end up being a good thing.
The blowback is going to be spectacular.
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