Posted on Apr 3, 2023
House Speaker threatens expulsion for three lawmakers over protest participation
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BLAISE GAINEY APRIL 2, 2023
Anna Katherine WhiteTennessee House Majority Caucus
House Speaker Cameron Sexton says Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s willingness to host the 2028 Republican National Convention could be the start of easing tensions between the city and Republican state lawmakers.
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Parents and children held signs and shouted chants during a large protest at the Tennessee capitol last week following a deadly school shooting. And while no one was arrested or injured, Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton is comparing the demonstration to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
During the House Floor session on Thursday — days after the Covenant School shooting — Reps. Gloria Johnson, D-Knox, Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, stood up and chanted with protestors in the gallery.
Pearson and other Democrats attempted to acknowledge the large group of protesters during session, but were told to stick to the subject of the bill by Speaker Cameron.
“We listened to them and helped to elevate the issue that they are demanding justice for,” said Pearson.
Anna Katherine WhiteTennessee House Majority Caucus
House Speaker Cameron Sexton says Nashville Mayor John Cooper’s willingness to host the 2028 Republican National Convention could be the start of easing tensions between the city and Republican state lawmakers.
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Parents and children held signs and shouted chants during a large protest at the Tennessee capitol last week following a deadly school shooting. And while no one was arrested or injured, Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton is comparing the demonstration to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
During the House Floor session on Thursday — days after the Covenant School shooting — Reps. Gloria Johnson, D-Knox, Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, and Justin Jones, D-Nashville, stood up and chanted with protestors in the gallery.
Pearson and other Democrats attempted to acknowledge the large group of protesters during session, but were told to stick to the subject of the bill by Speaker Cameron.
“We listened to them and helped to elevate the issue that they are demanding justice for,” said Pearson.
House Speaker threatens expulsion for three lawmakers over protest participation
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..."All three continue to have access to their offices and legislative staff, and will continue to be called on on the House floor, for the time being, Sexton said Monday.
The last time the House expelled a sitting lawmaker was in 2016 when the chamber voted 70-2 to remove then-Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, from the House for alleged sexual misconduct. At the time, it was the first expulsion since 1980 and only the second since the Civil War.
Last year, for the first time in its history, the Tennessee Senate voted to expel a senator, stripping Sen. Katrina Robinson, D-Memphis, of her elected position following her federal conviction on federal wire fraud charges."
..."All three continue to have access to their offices and legislative staff, and will continue to be called on on the House floor, for the time being, Sexton said Monday.
The last time the House expelled a sitting lawmaker was in 2016 when the chamber voted 70-2 to remove then-Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, from the House for alleged sexual misconduct. At the time, it was the first expulsion since 1980 and only the second since the Civil War.
Last year, for the first time in its history, the Tennessee Senate voted to expel a senator, stripping Sen. Katrina Robinson, D-Memphis, of her elected position following her federal conviction on federal wire fraud charges."
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