Tennessee Democratic Senator Suspended From Committee over Special Session Protest | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Charlane Oliver lost committee duties and state funding privileges after standing on her desk during a protest against the redistricting vote.
- Senate Speaker Randy McNally notified Nashville Sen. Charlane Oliver on Wednesday that she faces committee reassignment and travel reimbursement cuts for her May 7 floor protest against Republican-drawn congressional maps.
- During the final minutes of a special session on May 7, Oliver stood on her desk holding a banner reading "No Jim Crow 2.0" to protest the maps dividing Memphis into three districts, which critics alleged diluted Black voting power.
- McNally removed Oliver from the Government Operations Committee, calling her actions a "clear violation of Senate decorum," while stating he has treated Democratic members "fairly and consistently" throughout his tenure as speaker.
- Defending her actions, Oliver said she will "never apologize for fighting for the Tennesseans" and called the punishment the "most brazen attack on Black political representation" seen since Jim Crow.
- McNally also sent reprimands to five other Democrats who showed solidarity, while House lawmakers faced similar committee removals earlier this month after protests against the redistricting maps.
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Tennessee Democratic senator suspended from committee over special session protest | Chattanooga Times Free Press
Tennessee's Republican lieutenant governor is meting out punishment to a Democratic senator for protesting on the Senate floor at the end of a special session in which lawmakers broke up the state's only majority-minority congressional district in Memphis.
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Tennessee Democrat Senator Suspended From Committee Over Special Session Protest
Republican lieutenant governor cuts Oliver’s per diem, sends other Democrats letters of reprimand. Image Credit: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout ***Note from The Tennessee Conservative – this article posted here for informational purposes only. By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Tennessee’s Republican lieutenant governor is meting out punishment to a Democrat senator for protesting on the Senate floor at the end of a special…
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