Posted on Apr 13, 2023
Both Black Tennessee lawmakers have been reinstated after being expelled by GOP
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https://www.npr.org/2023/04/12/ [login to see] /justin-pearson-vote-memphis-tennessee-house
Not surprising that the same districts that elected them sent them right back.
Not surprising that the same districts that elected them sent them right back.
Both Black Tennessee lawmakers have been reinstated after being expelled by GOP
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Now maybe they will abide by the rules of the legislative decorum. They can protest as can anyone but there are rules when and where to do so...on the floor of the legislature is not one of them.
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SPC Kevin Ford
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth I'd perhaps believe that was the reason had not incidents of much worse breaches in decorum occurred previously and been ignored by by the Republicans in power.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/22/tennessee-house-gop-anonymous-twitter-account-pee-on-chair-andy-holt-rick-tillis-chbmole/ [login to see] /
BTW, I doubt they learned any lessons on decorum for that incident. What they learned instead is how to get propelled onto the national stage with a huge tailwind of sympathy.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/22/tennessee-house-gop-anonymous-twitter-account-pee-on-chair-andy-holt-rick-tillis-chbmole/ [login to see] /
BTW, I doubt they learned any lessons on decorum for that incident. What they learned instead is how to get propelled onto the national stage with a huge tailwind of sympathy.
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SPC Kevin Ford
Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth - That's not why they were removed. They were removed for breeching the decorum rules for members of the legislature, taking the floor without recognition. There were no bills on the floor at the time, no active proceeding to obstruct (that's even assuming members of a legislative body could be said to obstruct their own body's proceedings).
"A week ago Johnson, Jones and Pearson approached the House podium between bills during the session without being recognized, a breach of chamber rules. They led protesters in the galleries in several chants calling for gun reform."
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2023/04/07/tennessee-house-expulsion-vote-why-were-lawmakers-expelled/ [login to see] 7/
"A week ago Johnson, Jones and Pearson approached the House podium between bills during the session without being recognized, a breach of chamber rules. They led protesters in the galleries in several chants calling for gun reform."
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2023/04/07/tennessee-house-expulsion-vote-why-were-lawmakers-expelled/ [login to see] 7/
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