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
I think the option that you said is right now. It is so early in the process. I mean ive been through my share of elections for over the years. At this point i could just give you one quick anecdote that tells the whole story. I want to the debate there in milwaukee. And the next morning i got in the cabin asked the cabdriver, now tell me who do you think when the debate. He sort of paused and said, you know i think it was that indian guy. E the couple of, women i think the womany of course theres only one woman. It was nikki haley i did like that black eye and that is about as detailed as he could get. At this point in the campaign we are really seeing where biden and trump will stand way out front but weve got a Long Way To Go and i think its telling the Caucus Process and i won how that can upset the apple cart. And the degree to which you know governor christie has said that im going to make it my job to see that trump doesnt get elected. Weve got some potholes in the road for this
way this is being seen aroun the country and around the world, they may have lost youn people around the country for generation this is not a good day for them they may be feeling good tha they were able to silence thes two young men within the house for the time being, but th long game is the long game, an what we saw today wa incredibly powerful, and we sa people fighting back this is something that makes people feel mobilized. i could not be more proud of these two young men and thei presentation today, and others who stood with them. other democrats who stood with them in the house today. it was an extraordinar performance, i hope c-span wil continue to run it, will run over the hearings, so that folks will have an opportunity to really see the world that i think far too many americans believe no longer exists sherrilyn eiffel, tennessee state senator, london lamar, can t thank you enough for hustling to be ready here at the top of the show, as we wer sort of dealing with all of
supermajority in tennessee when you don t have anyone t check your power, you ca literally pass anything yo want to, with no repercussions these are actions that happe and what s happening to thes two young black man is o display, and the world is if you don t act the way i tell you to act, then i m going t 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, p