atlanta used to be i think this is going to cause billions of dollars fo tennessee and that might b what it takes to turn some republican heads is to actuall lose money that s my head-scratcher, i republicans are apoplectic tonight, if they are embarrassed, proud of ho cosmopolitan, chic nashville has become, what republicans are cheering tonight sayin this was a good move, we wil stay in power down here, i don t understand you know, i m sure there ar plenty of state house lawmaker who feel very good about wha they did today, and watching this discourse today that leve of condescension, from several of the white lawmakers directe towards both forme representative pearson and former representative jone almost mind-boggling i m not sure i ve witnesse something like that except for and old films about the civi
say tonight. i want to bring in expelled state representative justi jones. mr. jones, what a day this has been for you how are you feeling tonight? i m exhausted it was a 12 hour session i stayed with my other colleagues as their vote happen i m very sad for democracy i tennessee. i m hopeful by those thousands of young people gathered at th capitol who will be back t hold my colleagues accountable for this attack on democracy and this attack on a community that has been a grieving one were calling for common sens gun laws they responded by expelling us first ending with ou constituents not that you would have
will never quit! the effort to expel i gloria johnson, the othe democrat who joined the protest, failed by a single vote. my colleague priscilla johnson was there for the vote outrage tonight i nashville. the reaction to republican-led efforts to expel three democratic lawmakers from th state legislature. i declare representativ justin jones expelled from the house of representatives of th 113th assembly of the state of tennessee. the three democrats i question state, representative justin jones, gloria johnson and justin pearson were accuse of disorderly behavior following their participatio in a demonstration on the hous floor last week. we need action! we need action they joined advocates calling for stricter gun safet measures following the mas shooting at the nashvill private school that left six people dead on march 27th. their chance with a bull hor
constitution that you swore to uphold as a representative you continue to do you today, what we saw was tennessee telling two youn african american men to not ge so affinity. we can t have you doin anything more than we want you to do. you need to sit out and be quiet. when they did not, they trie to silence them. this idea of the uppity blac man, the uppity black woman is still a prevalent feature of racism in this country you saw it on full till today. you saw it on full tilt. as you just discussed, stephanie, there was n difference amongst the three representatives in the positio they took, the actions tha they did, committed, the thing they said on that house floor.
democrats who led gun safety protests we will take you there and across the country as we loo at what is going on in a state houses from coast to coast the big question, the lawmaker know what their constituents really want? money power politics and the supreme court the investigation into justice clarence thomas secretly accepting luxury trips from major republican donor the 11th hour is getting underway on this thursda night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, we begin in the state of tennessee we are in a stunning act o political retaliation. republican lawmakers expelle two of their democrati colleagues, justin jones and justin pearson they joined in a peacefu protest on gun violence with students jones and are both black