politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
assures of safety measures are to donald trump claims the arrest is imminent, and call for protests standing by their, man house speaker kevin mccarthy leads the republicans rallying t trump s defense. , and the rates for 2020 for how a possible indictmen could hurt or help trump s bid to return to the white house the prosecutor in new yor has done more to help donald trump get elected presiden than any single person i america today. i am jonathan kaye, part an this is a special edition of the sunday show. welcome, katie phang is off this morning we began th special edition of the sunda show with the news that as bot the political and legal worl holding their breath yesterday, a trump blair in social post, that la enforcement agencies are essentially preparing to arres the former president justthi tuesday. , remember this part of trump legal woes stem from a 201 alleged hush money payment t adult film star. the manhattan da s offic declined to comment on wha trump said
legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposures, which wil definitely get into, it also i a signal being sent by the tennessee gop on where the would like to see our democrac ahead. and as gop dominated slick day legislatures are increasingl empowered, to remove publi officials they disagree with o
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