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
responsibility to represent th people who elected them. and that means having a voice. that is a voice that the speaker has tried to take away from them, through thi expulsion, but i don t have an doubt that these two young men will still be in the fight they can be appointed by the county commission back int office and then they would hav to stand for a special election we will see how the legislatur response to that this was not a good day fo tennessee republicans, let m tell you it was not something that was a secre within tennessee with senato lamar, with others, who now we all know, we all heard the way representative palmer spoke to representative peterson during that hearing he said, everything that - he talked to him like he was a recalcitrant teenager and we now have all seen it i ve seen this in video reel from the early 1960s, that s what it sounded like and so, that is now exposed, and the republicans in tennessee, in my view, hav lost young people for generation, and frank
way this is being seen aroun the country and around the world, they may have lost youn people around the country for generation this is not a good day for them they may be feeling good tha they were able to silence thes two young men within the house for the time being, but th long game is the long game, an what we saw today wa incredibly powerful, and we sa people fighting back this is something that makes people feel mobilized. i could not be more proud of these two young men and thei presentation today, and others who stood with them. other democrats who stood with them in the house today. it was an extraordinar performance, i hope c-span wil continue to run it, will run over the hearings, so that folks will have an opportunity to really see the world that i think far too many americans believe no longer exists sherrilyn eiffel, tennessee state senator, london lamar, can t thank you enough for hustling to be ready here at the top of the show, as we wer sort of dealing with all of
young millennials and this new generation coming up is th most progressive generation in the history of our country because of that, they want t come for education, they wan to come for our dei, and yes they want to come for our youn elected, and our young black elected, who stood alongside our young people on their marc for our lives and the youn people up there. and they aren t done, and think the republican party understands that time is not o their side, they re doin everything they can to chang the trajectory of a generation but what they don t know is it won t happen and we won t stan for it tonight, actually emboldened every young perso who believes in justice and in a world without gun violence and we will continue to fight. there has been a raft o legislation pushed by th republicans in the tennessee state house here, and we v seen it sort of across the country. they can move very quickly and expeditiously when they want t on certain issues. for instance, making sure that tr