Originally published on May 7, 2021 6:17 pm
It was a tough year for the minority party in the state legislature, and after the session’s wrap earlier this week, Democratic lawmakers criticized Republican for focusing on what they called “Fox News problems” instead of making life better for Tennesseans.
Rep. Karen Camper, D-Memphis, says the pandemic allowed Americans to slow down and see who we really are as a country. But she says this year’s session showed that some lawmakers are more interested in controlling the conversation than listening.
“America is dealing with itself right now, and this legislation is a reflection of how some people believe or want to control how that is going forward in the state of Tennessee,” Camper says. “On one hand, yeah, it was horrible to go through that. But it also revealed to us about how people actually feel about some of this stuff. And it can create dialogue, which is my hope.”