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
let you literally in front o the hole - that s exactly what happened today. sherrilyn, to go back to th broader context here, this is very aggressive jury gerrymandering in the state, among state assembly lines obviously, it s a very republican state, but it s a enormous lopsided 75 to 25 something in that range. you know, we ve seen this in wisconsin, we ve seen it i north carolina, a state that s very, very hotly contested i which there s two thirds majority is now in both houses thanks to that gerrymander we see it in state after state that s part of what facilitating this here even though tendencies a conservative state and doe have a republican, you know, statewide office, part o what s facilitating this is th way they ve drawn the district so that they have the power to do what they are doing today absolute power corrupts absolutely and today was a example of an abuse of power i do want to say a word abou due process because when you have the kind of supermajority that they
so that they have the power to do what they are doing today absolute power corrupts absolutely and today was a example of an abuse of power i do want to say a word abou due process because when you have the kind of supermajority that they have in this house and you have a speaker willing to wield that power in the way this speaker is, then th immediate thing that follows this process the last representative who wa expelled in 2016, when thi came out today, it was shocking there was an ad hoc committe appointed to investigate the motion to expel that investigation was brought an all the materials and th evidence was shared with the entire house, in advance of th trial and hearing. i mean, there was a whol process that was followed. none of that happened with these young men. when i spoke to justin jones yesterday, he didn t even know what the process was going t be today he didn t even know how long he d be able to talk