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 district is in nashville justin pea
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 district is in nashville justin pearson, whose district is in memphis, and glori johnson, whose district is i knoxville, went to the front o the chamber
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responsibility to represent th people who elected them. and that means having a voice. that is a voice that the speaker has tried to take away from them, through thi expulsion, but i don t have an doubt that these two young men will still be in the fight they can be appointed by the county commission back int office and then they would hav to stand for a special election we will see how the legislatur response to that this was not a good day fo tennessee republicans, let m tell you it was not something that was a secre within tennessee with senato lamar, with others, who now we all know, we all heard the way representative palmer spoke to representative peterson during that hearing he said, everything that - he talked to him like he was a recalcitrant teenager and we now have all seen it i ve seen this in video reel from the early 1960s, that s what it sounded like and so, that is now exposed, and the republicans in tennessee, in my view, hav lost young people for generation, and frank
the well of that body. now, they did not expel, as he noted, a third democrat, glori johnson, who also was chanting with those to justin s she s a retired teacher who wa represented knoxville sinc 2019 here s what she said after tha vote that spared her expulsion why do you feel like ther is a difference in the outcome between you and your colleague i will answer your question it might have to do with the color of our skin. i m joined now by tennessee state senator, london lamar, she serves in the upper hous in that state. she previously served in a tennessee house and now chairs the democratic caucus in the senate also joins me, of course, civi rights attorney for presiden director counsel of the naac legal defense fund senator london, let me start with you what is going through your mind, as you are watching this unfol in the state capitol in whic you serve? i m right now sitting in my