of weeks ago if not for th actions of the state republica party. they absolutely elevated these protesters, these lawmakers in ways they never could have imagined, probably grateful fo the elevation, the money the raised, the attention they brought to the cause of gu violence in tennessee. these were amplified by th fact that the state republican party took an extraordinar step to expel them from th chamber. i guess i have a question fo george as the resident republican on the panel here if you still deem yourself one i suppose. is this just kind of indicativ of moderate republican politic in your estimation, this notio of shoot first, aim later, trying to take out you opponent if it backfires, so be, yo just move on to the next thing in my defense, i left the republican party five year ago. fair enough i absolutely agree with all that has been said
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three. the democratic lawmakers who faced expulsion from their seats yesterday. we visit followed a call wit president biden who thank th members for their leadership and courage in the face of a blatant disregard of our country s democratic values. the president was talking abou the extraordinary scene that played out in the tennesse house floor last evening as republicans attempted t kick out three democrati members simply for protestin gun violence the incident in question occurred last week when thos democrats joined in with hundreds of tennesseeans who decided on the state capital they were calling for new gu control legislation in the wak of a shooting that killed si people, including 39-year-olds at a nashville elementar school the protesters made it to th gallery of the state house, an democrats just jumped. they went to the front of th chamber to join their chance for gun control. the republican speaker of th house compare their actions to the insurrectionists on januar 6th! h
solidarity with the protesters outside which was apparently a violation of the rules of th chamber. republicans pounced. they didn t have anything to say about the substance of the issue here gun safety but boy, they had a lot to say about the megaphones and the protests the republican speaker of th house accused three democrat of inciting violence and the said that their protest wa quote, at least equivalent maybe worse than the insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th carrie, is speaking to a local tennessee news reporter. what s the evidence tha they were traveling incite violence? they were trying to jaz people up when we ha representatives incite violence we have representatives trying to go to the restroom they got spit. on do you have any evidence that these three members wer encouraging protesters to spit on members are troopers i mean you can t prove. that the tennessee house ha only purge lawmakers to time since the 18 60s
calling folks and talking to them, what happened today, i think awakened so many people. thank you for the wisdom, my brother, today - i don t go to bed goin defeated, i go to bed feelin that what we did is we showe up for the nation what i happening in tennessee, it i not democracy. what we re dealing with people who are afraid of this visio that we represent which is a multi racial democracy in our generation, we will continue to stand up and speak up, and why them inside th chamber, outside the chamber o will speak up for these people we have to address thi proliferation of military grad weapons in our communities and we have to be able to exercise your first amendment rights an speak for our constituents what we re doing broke house rules but it was obedient to our constitutional oath to be voice for our constituents to stand against any legislation that is injuries t