sexton, to resign for having orchestrated this and also for his lack of action or progressive action when it comes to gun violence. is that something that you are going to continue to push for? do you have any sense that the speaker may actually regret the decision to expel you and your colleague given the response that it has had in recent days? there s thousands of people in a multiracial multigenerational display today out there to support you. the house speaker, there was a different energy in the capital today and i was on the elevator with the member who filed the explosion papers against me and i asked him, did you learn anything from this experience and he was silent. this is a time of reflection for the republican leadership that they were so drunk and arrogant with power that they have been humbled to say that their attacks may have been successful in the past but this is a new day, and a new time in
here in nashville, and i think it s gonna have reverberations across the south after you were in again today, i know that you calle for the speaker, speaker sexton, to resign, effectively for having orchestrated this, an also for his lack of action or indeed, regressive action when it comes to gun violence i have to ask you, is that something that you are going t continue to push forward do you have any sense that the speaker may actually regret th decision to expel you and your colleague, given the respons that it s had in recent days and including, as you say, those thousands of people in a multiracial, multi generationa display out today to support you. definitely. i mean, this house speaker there s a different energy i the capital today. and i was actually on th elevator with a member who filed the expulsion papers against me, representative but holes, and i asked him, did yo learn anything from this experience and he was silent. i think this is a time o reflection for the repu
they ve changed the rules even since you got elected and even since representative pearson got elected. explain some of the rule changes made just in the last few years on expressing dissent on the house floor. well, they ve limited debate to what they say is five minute, but in reality, they ll spend five minutes answering it and you can t reclaim your time or sexton will not call on you, and they ll cut off all debate when we went outside to support the protest, both myself and my brother pearson, our voting machines were turned off so we couldn t vote on the house floor. cameron sexton, the speaker, he runs the capitol like it s his private palace, and see there is no democracy in tennessee. tennessee is the most undemocratic state in the nation when we try to talk about the issue of mass shootings that plagued our community we were silenced and all they offered our communities were moments of silence, in fact, and empty thoughts and prayers and our community deserves more than th
hurting all of us. i don t want it to be just about race this is about an attack on black, brown and poor white communities and silencing them and they re more beholden to the nra than people like sexton. representative pearson, same question for you do you plan on running in the special election yes i would be honored to accept the appointment of the shelby county commission and to run in a special election, and i ve already heard that people in the state legislature and in nashville are threatening our shelby county commissioners to not reappoint me or they ll take away funding for projects that the mayors and others have asked for and this is what folks have to realize is the power structure is always wielding against the minority party and people. there may well be some constitutional rights that have been violated here, and that s something the federal courts could be looking at. exactly. justin jones and justin j. pearson, thank you for sharing your views with us