On March 30, transgender and anti-gun activists stormed
the Tennessee Capitol in Nashville. It was three days after the
shooting at Covenant School, a private Christian academy and site of
Audrey Hale’s rampage. Hale was the transgender mass killer who murdered
six people in cold blood, including three children. It’s a fact that
the Left seeks to obfuscate for obvious political reasons. They’re
trying to pivot and make this about gun control. The racial background
of the shooter in past killings has always been front and center for the
media’s attention, especially when the perpetrator is white. But
because Hale was trans, you can’t mention that, with the press sprinting
to move on from the tragedy and handing down orders to their staff to
avoid referring to Hale as transgender; CBS News is said to have issued
that edict.
This storming of the state capitol was an act of rebellion; this is
the Left’s precedent from January 6. Accountability must be meted out,
which is why Tennessee Republicans, who hold a supermajority in the
state house, moved to expel three Democrats—Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin
Jones, and Justin Pearson—for their involvement in the rebellion.
Resolutions to expurgate them from the lower chamber were voted on Thursday. Reps. Jones and Pearson were expelled; Johnson barely survived (via NBC News):
BREAKING: First of three Tennessee Democratic lawmakers who protested gun violence is expelled as voting begins in State House. https://t.co/zi9rz4meJh
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 6, 2023
— Vivian Jones (@Vivian_E_Jones) April 6, 2023
Here are the votes.
Republicans
Barrett, Baum, Bricken, Richey, Russell, Sparks, and Whitson broke with
the party to vote no on Johnson’s expulsion. pic.twitter.com/s3i90TbP3j
Vice
Mayor Jim Shulman has called for a special meeting for Monday to begin
the process of appointing someone to fill Justin Jones' House seat.
— Nate Rau (@tnnaterau) April 6, 2023
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Here are the votes.
Republicans
Barrett, Baum, Bricken, Richey, Russell, Sparks, and Whitson broke with
the party to vote no on Johnson’s expulsion. pic.twitter.com/s3i90TbP3j
Here’s the vote: pic.twitter.com/NZzH29LUg0
— Vivian Jones (@Vivian_E_Jones) April 7, 2023
BREAKING:
Tennessee Republicans have expelled Rep. Justin Pearson from the state
Legislature for his role in a protest that called for more gun control.
Earlier, Rep. Justin Jones was ousted.
A vote to remove a third Democrat, Rep. Gloria Johnson, failed. https://t.co/FftwLoXdTa pic.twitter.com/XsKqHuaIgT
Republican
legislators in Tennessee voted Thursday to expel two Black Democrats
from the state House over their protests on the chamber floor against
gun violence last week, while a vote to expel a third white Democratic
representative fell short.
It’s the first time in state history that Tennessee House members have been expelled for alleged chamber rules violations.
In
the first vote, Republicans expelled Rep. Justin Jones. The second
vote, to kick out Rep. Gloria Johnson, failed. Republicans then voted to
remove Rep. Justin Pearson.
Jones and Pearson are Black. Johnson is white.
Cheers
erupted in the chamber with chants of "Gloria!" after her tally was
announced, later followed by "Shame on you!" after Pearson was removed.
The
House voted 72-25 along party lines to expel Jones. The effort to
remove Johnson fell short of the two-thirds majority needed. That vote
was 65-30. Pearson was removed in a 69-26 vote.
The resolutions
accused each of the Democratic lawmakers of engaging in “disorderly
behavior” and purposely bringing “disorder and dishonor to the House of
Representatives” during protests against gun violence on the state House
floor last week.
I don’t make the rules, and perhaps the punishment was a bit
heavy-handed, but let’s not for a second think that the Democrats
wouldn’t do the same to us; they have done the same to us. If you want
to call it payback, go ahead—I couldn’t care less. The Left is pushing a
legal circus with this shoddy indictment against former President
Donald Trump. It’s not a victory on equal footing, but I’ll take it.
JUST IN - Tennessee House has expelled Rep. Justin Jones (D) for unruly conduct on the House floor last week. pic.twitter.com/kb4WhSdSBU
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 6, 2023
Jones is expelled. pic.twitter.com/6rjvkDj7Zy
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) April 6, 2023
“Justin Jones has been expelled” pic.twitter.com/57CF5E62jQ
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 6, 2023
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