Tennessee House Republicans fail in bid to expel 2nd Democratic lawmaker; 1 more awaits vote

Tennessee Republicans removing Black lawmakers draws Raphael Warnock's ire

Warnock said that the expulsion of two Black Democrats was "undemocratic, un-American, unacceptable."

Following mass shooting in Nashville, fascistic Tennessee Republicans expel two Democratic lawmakers

The gerrymandered Republican supermajority in the lower Tennessee House expelled two freshman African American Democratic lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for leading a peaceful student protest demanding gun reform.

‘An assault on democracy’ – two Democrats expelled from Tennessee’s Republican-controlled house over gun-control protest

In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.

Tennessee’s House expels 2 Democrats over gun protest, VP Harris travels to meet them

In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.

Tennessee Republicans live up to state’s hateful legacy by expelling 2 Democrats

They’ll teach what just happened in Nashville in history class, writes Melinda Henneberger.

Two Democrats expelled from Tennessee House following gun control protest

President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama have joined the outcry after Tennessee’s Republican controlled legislature expelled two Democrats, who had taken part in a gun control protest. Both of the politicians are Black, and one of them claimed their expulsion was “openly racist”.