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
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Of the story, kids, on thi past week in politics? perhaps they learned it s not good look to oust to black lawmakers from a state legislature for protesting a lack of gun safety reform, o maybe they learned fro wisconsin supreme cour elections that voters will not respond kindly when yo threatened to limit a woman right to make decisions abou her own body y all saw her, she is back she s a senior political - mandela barnes is here, th former lieutenant governor o wisconsin, as well as a former state senator and former senat candidate, he s got a lot of jobs and former republican actually pratt outs is also here, and msnbc think contributor. i m going to start with you what s your reaction t minority leader neubauer s comments and just the impact o the state supreme cour election in wisconsin? i was in the state assembly i was never in the state senate, but in the state - i find a losing battle every day.
Overturn vetoes by governo tony evers, and they could attempt to impeach elected officials. thankfully, if they did impeac an elected official on the supreme court, governor ever would be able to appoint, replacement. i don t think that s a path we will see them take right now as we have seen in wisconsin and around the country especially in tennessee as o late, republicans have bee willing to go to extreme lengths to continue to hol power and continue to suppress the will of the people let us stay on that, leader neubauer i ve been making this case, was just in tennessee, i was i nashville, i spoke with th tennessee three and th democratic leadership of the house there. and they made this case that this is happening across the south, and i agree but there is a real assault on our democracy, and attack on