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
party was leading the way an showing how to deal with folks and i think it s also the case that the way that that map i drawn in that state, the folks that took the vote today, ar pretty insulated on their way. it s just part of the. story absolutely, i gotta say it s tenure anniversary. week and when you started th show ten years ago, did yo think this is what you d b covering, this kind of disillusion of origin mccraw ticked principles a decade later. it s been a disturbin aspect of the last seven years or so with the coverage era. we re glad to have you with us thank you thank you to all of you for joining us here at home. this is what it sounded wa outside the chamber of the tennessee house of representatives. [crowd chanting] [crowd chanting] [crowd chanting] you banned books, you banne drag, kids are still in body bags that was the scene at th tennessee capitol earlie today. republicans in the state legislature voted to expel two democratic representatives f
tennessee three, a representative pierson referre to him as. i just don t think it was very smart move by the house republican majority in the state of tennessee i think that they re probabl going to regret their actions. it s not just today but over the course of the week as time goes on. i don t think they got the better of either the argument, publicly, or better of the politics if that matters les than the merits. elie mystal, harry lippman thank you so much for joining. as i appreciate it that s all in on this thursday night. alice wagner tonight start right now. good evening alex good evening chris it s pretty obvious that thi is a terrible, terrible thin that republicans have done and yeah, i would guarante they re a national republica figures that are looking the saying, that s exactly wha they deserve i saw one commentator saying the tennessee republica