here in order to elevate the issues that they care about. we have to remember that the catalyst for this was th killing of six people, slain b an assault weapon. by advocating that we do something, that we end gun violence, that we listened t the children and the parents and the adults and grandparent who have come to our capitol consistently by the thousand to say that we act against violence, the state hous republicans decided that their best response was to not pas sensible legislation it was not to say that we put red flag law, or we need to ba assault weapons, it was to expel members who exercise their first amendment rights t speak up and to listen to thos who want to see more justice done were you at all surprised or taken aback by the visceral ferocity of the reaction fro the republican lawmakers i that body in which you served? no. i am not surprised at all by the way that the republicans acted. i m not surprised at all by th expulsion and the overreaction
are basically good folks tha really want the best for their families we lost that side of the fac the democrats provided healt care, democrats provided socia security and medicare an medicaid we lost sight of some of tha and we decided to just engag in all of the culture wars and we lost out on that in s in 2010, most of the legislatures in the sout became super majorities and no there is very little voice you ve got to have a voice o reason you ve got to have someone who will listen because democrat still get roughly 40% of the vote throughout the south, but yet our representation is wa below that mostly below a third, 30% or thereabouts. let s talk about this on thursday, ahead of th expulsion of the tennessee three, you posted a video on twitter, you spoke about wha you called, quote, unchecked majorities let s talk about these instances of overreach b republicans in your state, similar to what happened i tennessee this weekend similar to the example that you cite
can you imagine what that mean for judges who removed from th marketplace. the vaccines that we come to rely on to save all of our lives, that is also what happens to be at stake in this case thanks to both of you, we appreciate it. michelle goodwin is a professo at university of california in nearby moscow. she also the book policing the womb, invisible women and th criminalization of motherhood. elise reuben is a former regulator and legal analyst fo msnbc. still ahead this hour, until she, estate the trump they just elected a libera supreme court. we are heading to wisconsin to find out how and why plus, some good economic news. strong jobs numbers and lowe unemployment rate. i ll break down the new jobs report and look at a couple of figures that should instil even more hope what price does one pay fo standing up against gun deaths in the state of tennessee. for two state representatives, it was their jobs. kamala harris spoke from nashville yesterday about th
this in the country. i should just note, according to cdc data from 2020, the most recent tennessee ninth worst state for gu deaths per capita in the union so it s obviously an acute problem there in tennessee, as you said, senator. sherrilyn, the point about what s next in due process seems important, from a sort o democratic, multi democratic constitutional way i mean, there doesn t seem lik there are great precedents for this kind of action. i mean, it s a long history in this country, lots of states and they all have differen rules, but this seems pretty out there, i ll pass the frontier of what we ve see before expulsion is so extreme remember the days ago, they ha already removed all th committee assignments an deactivated the magnetic badge of these individuals this is prior to trial you also saw statements from
the world is watching tennessee. the world is watchin tennessee. because what is happening here today is a farce of democracy. this is a historic day for tennessee, but it is may mark very dark day for tennessee, because it was signaled to the nation that there is n democracy in this state. it will signal to the nation and that if it can happen here in tennessee, it s coming to your state next. of course, these events continue to unfold we are now showing you liv coverage of the aftermath of that final expulsion vote fo justin pearson, representative justin pearson now, it takes two thirds of th tennessee legislature to approve an expulsion this afternoon, the chambe voted 70 to 25 to oust representative justin jones. to house a protest both outsid and inside the chamber