public and member of the state house giving his side of today s events in a live press conference, let s take a liste for a second yelling, she came to th well and participate in the. behavior it was enough for me. there were three or four members that were not. 65 members felt it was enough. that doesn t mean the threshol of expulsion that s just what happened. mayor cooper released statement a few moments ag saying that gloria johnson was spared expulsion from some of the members of the republica caucus that she wasn t - i d like to bring back in elie mystal, justice corresponden at the nation. and harry litman, deputy assistant general in the department of justice western district o pennsylvania this is the case that s bein mowed, ali, according to
of democracy every legislature has rules, and rules for the quorum, rule for the conduct, rules for committees, and they also have sanctions for violations o those rules. and they are on a slidin scale. one can be reprimanded, one ca be sanctioned, one can b stripped of committe assignments, which all three o these representatives were o the day of their protest but the most extreme i expulsion because expulsion is a sanction not just agains representative, but against th voters who voted them into office justin pierson and justi johnson were just elected. they are in their first session. justin johnson was sworn in on january 10th this is what they did to these young men who just entered the state house. and if you heard - chris, i m sure that, you know your other guests can attest t this, this is part of a broade context of what has been happening in the house the silencing of democrati
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
the speaker saying, they wil be expelled continues they now, they re supposed to have trial and hearing and a vote the speaker announced th expulsion, not the proceedings for an expulsion as i indicated, the last - it took months, it took process, it took a investigation, it took the appointment of an ad hoc committee. so, this whole process, the wa it was handled, is the utmos disrespect but it is about that power and what they did today really underscores what senator lamar pointed out. this vote, which i expected to happen in the morning, did not even begin the process can begin until the afternoon. they spent the entire mornin doing regular business and the they went into a series of bills, which they passed providing four additional arme officers in schools an providing for mental healt support for people who show up at the hospital. so, to her point, they haven t dealt with the red flag bill
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 speaker saying, they wil be expelled continues they now, they re supposed to have trial and hearing and a vote the speaker announced th expulsion, not the proceedings for an expulsion as i indicated, the last - it took months, it took process, it took a investigation, it took the appointment of an ad hoc committee. so, this whole process, the wa it was handled, is the utmos disrespect but it is about that power and what they did today really underscores what senator lamar pointed out. this vote, which i expected to happen in the morning, did not even begin the process can begin until the afternoon. they spent the entire mornin doing regular business and the they went into a series of