Tennessee Republican says he would ‘burn’ books censored by bill

Before Tennessee’s Republican-dominated house voted for a bill giving officials greater control over public school libraries, state Rep Jerry Sexton floated a last-minute amendment to grant a politically appointed commission veto power over which books would be approved for students.

Democratic state Rep John Ray Clemmons asked “what are you going to do” with books that are banned.

“You going to put them in the street? Light them on fire? Where are they going?” he asked on 27 April.