if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding that going t school should not be a death sentence the nashville metro council is set to vote tomorrow night o whether to reinstate representative jones this egregious push to us by the tennessee three has forced conversations among democrat about whether the current ways of approaching opposition ar growing outdated in a ne political environment. recently traveled to nashville and spoke to the tennessee three in the first joint interview since the expulsio votes. we discussed this very issue take a listen. the truth is, we cannot continue to operate in a ver old way of thinking in a ver new moment in tennis i american history it s very similar to what we tell people who are republican who talk about the immutabilit about the second amendment we don t live in 1776 where we need a militia you have to have a reality