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By Jake Johnson /Salon and Common Dreams / April 7, 2023 Progressives in the U.S. Congress reacted with outrage Thursday after the Republican-dominated Tennessee House voted to expel two lawmakers who joined protesters in demanding gun control legislation during a demonstration inside the state Capitol last week. "This is fascism," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. "Expelling your political opponents for…
Republicans in control of the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Democratic representatives on Thursday for breaking decorum during a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week in the wake of the latest school shooting.