a remarkable scheme playing ou right now in the tennessee capital, as you can see there. absolutely shocking scenes i tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, what s happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe protesters descended on th state capitol, they were calling for lawmakers to pas gun control legislation after shooter had killed 39 year old and three adults at a privat elementary school in nashville the protesters made it into th gallery of the legislature, an those three democratic lawmakers, the ones that we sa today, justin jones, whose district is in nashville justin pea
tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, what s happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe protesters descended on th state capitol, they were calling for lawmakers to pas gun control legislation after shooter had killed 39 year old and three adults at a privat elementary school in nashville the protesters made it into th gallery of the legislature, an those three democratic lawmakers, the ones that we sa today, justin jones, whose district is in nashville justin pearson, whose district is in memphis, and glori johnson, whose district is i knoxville, went to the front o the chamber
so, this story, while this vot is happening, is far from over here on the ground in tennessee, chris. all, right priscill thompson, who s been there all day for us doing fantastic reporting, in the chamber righ outside, you ve seen protest there all day. obviously, this was countere just a few days ago when the speaker of the tennessee house announced very quickly that an expulsion resolution will be moved to the house floor, an of course, those three members out there joining the raucou crowds who have been in th state house and have been in the state house now on and off for a week, since that horrifi shooting in the city o nashville at that school tha killed six individuals i want to go back to senator london lamar, who served in th house, now serves in the state senate what is the next step here and i guess the other thing want to ask is, i saw a bunc of republicans in the house, you know, sort of in ver
vitriol, chris there s no accounting for hate the reason why these people, these republicans, cannot take winning for an answer, i because they hate us and like, i know that, like, that level is for certain whit viewers kind of, like, hard to get your minds around, but like, what the racism comes from s hatred of black folks. and that is why, despite winning, despite being on top, despite controlling so many of the levers of power, you consistently have republican shooting themselves in the foo to try, they re willing to shoot themselves in the foot i that shot can go through and hit a black person because tha is the level of hate they feel for our people and we all know it, we all understand it. black people understand what w are up against all the time.
the levers of power, you consistently have republican shooting themselves in the foo to try, they re willing to shoot themselves in the foot i that shot can go through and hit a black person because tha is the level of hate they feel for our people and we all know it, we all understand it. black people understand what w are up against all the time. this is just one of those rare situations where white peopl are getting to see it out in the open, just how desperately they hate us, just how muc they do not believe that w should be allowed to be equa citizens in this country like, this is what we figh about, and they are just showing it, right? this is what trump taps into this is the white male grievance that trump has successfully tapped into, to make himself the leader of the republican party it is hatred and i know, again