they are playing. joining us now is the tennessee representative we london lamar, we are so sorry for the loss of yard staff member, it s poignant that he was so young, but he died of covid, the very thing that you are all trying to fight. it s such as devastating loss, one who was so instrumental in building the bran. he lost his life to the disease. but he makes our fight to as we continue to advocate for responsibility. again, i have made it public that i am asking our speaker and our governor not to call a special session. look, in tennessee, only six counties are implementing mandatory mask mandates, including mine and memphis. but only two of those counties are democratic strongholds. so you do see republican counties, like williamson county, being responsible in
so as we celebrate on one side, unless and until this administration, the senate, prioritizes access to voting and protecting our right to vote, we will fall behind as a nation. we will fall behind as a community. so i don t get into the conversation of which vehicle we should use or what procedure we should move. get it done. protect the rights of voters to fully participate in the upcoming elections. derrick johnson, good to see you, derrick johnson is the president of the naacp. coming up, republican lawmakers are asking the governor in tennessee to take action to ban mask requirements of the objections of health experts. london lamar, a democratic representative, heard the news as she was grieving a friend and staff member who just died of covid. she will join me next. n me next. because with the right pain reliever.
pandemic and children s lives, and idea of masks, in order to fulfill another political agenda, which is vouchers, which has already been struck down in our state. when we need to do is focus on real issues, and that is keeping our children safe. it s so interesting because i was telling someone, i was, like the republican party claims to be the pro life party. however they want to be pro-choice when it comes to these mask mandates, it doesn t make sense. lead let s legislate responsibly, let s base our decisions on facts and science, let s do the right thing for our most vulnerable population, and those are our babies. i was very into the conversation doctor diego hijano who specializes in infectious diseases in children, in the same state as you. doctor diego hijano, i think a lot of people are not registering as london lamar has said there are a lot of kids involved in this debate who are not old enough to make their
tennessee. hours after that meeting, all 73 tennessee house republicans signaled their support for a special session to limit the authority of local officials to make rules imed at stopping the spread of covid. it s hard to follow because it doesn t make sense. the brain says, you can t actually be saying that velshi? so much for a small republican bill lee who is reviewing the request of one tennessee democrat tennessee representative london lamar you died of the representative lamar represents parts of shelby tennessee that is what has a positivity rate above 20% for five straight days. she says she s concerned that if a special session is, called republicans would limit officials in her area from implementing mask mandates, quote, i m just over political games they are playing. i m over the responsibility