democrats who led gun safety protests we will take you there and across the country as we loo at what is going on in a state houses from coast to coast the big question, the lawmaker know what their constituents really want? money power politics and the supreme court the investigation into justice clarence thomas secretly accepting luxury trips from major republican donor the 11th hour is getting underway on this thursda night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, we begin in the state of tennessee we are in a stunning act o political retaliation. republican lawmakers expelle two of their democrati colleagues, justin jones and justin pearson they joined in a peacefu protest on gun violence with students jones and are both black a third democratic lawmaker wh is white was up for a vote but was not expelled here saw the tennessee newspaper wrote it up. quote, ten days after a shoote on loaded 152 rounds inside nashville school and killed si people, tennessee
clarence thomas secretly accepting luxury trips from major republican donor the 11th hour is getting underway on this thursda night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, we begin in the state of tennessee we are in a stunning act o political retaliation. republican lawmakers expelle two of their democrati colleagues, justin jones and justin pearson they joined in a peacefu protest on gun violence with students jones and are both black a third democratic lawmaker wh is white was up for a vote but was not expelled here saw the tennessee newspaper wrote it up. quote, ten days after a shoote on loaded 152 rounds inside nashville school and killed si people, tennessee hous republicans on thursda expelled two democrati lawmakers for breaking house rules and mounting a gun protest on the chamber floor surrounding my democrati colleagues, expelled state representative justin pearso had this message of hope for the future we have good news tha sunday always comes.
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
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