we can feel it, right? in the moment yesterday. that history was being made in the state of tennessee yes, of course it was shameful that it came to all of that. expelling two state lawmakers ostensibly on procedural grounds over peaceful protests but ask yourself this. if the ultimate goal of any demonstration is to draw attention, to shine a light on injustice, then who is really better off as we come on the air less than 24 hours later today the tennessee republican party or those three democrats of whom they sought to make an examine pl representatives justin jones, justin parson and gloria johnson, they lit the match that started a bonfire, one that burned from coast to coast as americans watch transfixed yesterday afternoon into the evening on the east. now millions across our country are infinitely more aware not just of the barriers to do anything more than nothing about the epidemic of gun violence but of rank anti-democratic fervor among republicans. we are still
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but these are not solutions to weapons of war in our streets. this is a uniquely american problem and in a state that is so obsessive and that almost worships gun culture our governor signed a slew of gun bills in a gun factory i mean, it s just so it s so scary. we should all be alarmed at what s happening in tennessee. we can t even talk there s no opportunity to collaborate. the speaker intimidates members and tries to get us to just bow down and back down in committee if you don t your microphone s cut off even before i was expelled my i.d. badge was shut off. i was kicked off my committees i was shut out of the parking garage i couldn t even park in the legislative parking garage anymore. just petty things to try and voices of dissent. and it s very scary. and the nation saw exactly what we re dealing with in tennessee. and if it can happen in tennessee the warning is that it can happen anywhere in america so congresswoman barbara lee