So they voted to expel the black man and not the white woman who both did the exact same thing. They have also compared what these people did in their peaceful process to the insurrectionists of Jan. 6th.
This is what the constituants elected these people to do. Both black men were expelled. The one white woman who did the same thing was not expelled. https://news.yahoo.com/gop-lawmakers-consider-expelling-democrats-135651514.html In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role...
This is a big problem. Not sure what the recourse is but people losing their duly elected representatives is exactly what you said, undemocratic. The representatives who voted them out should be ashamed.
Definitely. It is also an issue that of the three reps that did the same thing, the two who were black received a different consequence than the one that was white.
Looks really heavy handed and the rule is very broad and vague. It effectively shackles any Tennessee rep from exercising their freedom of speech and right to assemble on capital grounds. This is he kind of **** that is driving people to vote blue. Good job again, GOP. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-house-democrats-expulsion-shooting-gun-control.html How does expulsion work? Three Republican state representatives — Andrew Farmer, Gino Bulso and Bud Hulsey — filed individual resolutions on Monday to formally expel each of the three Democrats. Hours later, a procedural vote easily cleared the chamber, despite Democratic opposition. In each resolution, Republicans charge that the lawmaker “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor” to the House and “generally engaged in disorderly and disruptive conduct.” The measures do not cite any other consequence of the protests. A two-thirds vote of the 99-seat House is required to expel a member. The Republicans have the necessary supermajority to pass the expulsion resolutions. On Thursday, the House voted to oust Mr. Jones and Mr. Pearson. Ms. Johnson survived: The chamber voted 65 to 30 to remove her, falling one vote short. What would happen to the vacated seats? Special elections would be held to fill the seats of the expelled lawmakers. Mr. Jones and Mr. Pearson will be able to run again in the elections and be re-elected to their seats. Local governing bodies in each district can appoint temporary representatives — who could even be the expelled lawmakers themselves — to hold the seats until the special elections are held. Multiple members of the Metropolitan Council, which oversees Nashville, have pledged to nominate Mr. Jones to his seat as a temporary appointee
I feel like businesses including the music industry, sports Leagues, and citizens should all stop doing business with Tennessee.
Lol. Great job TN republicans. “Special elections would be held to fill the seats of the expelled lawmakers. Mr. Jones and Mr. Pearson will be able to run again in the elections and be re-elected to their seats. Local governing bodies in each district can appoint temporary representatives — who could even be the expelled lawmakers themselves — to hold the seats until the special elections are held. Multiple members of the Metropolitan Council, which oversees Nashville, have pledged to nominate Mr. Jones to his seat as a temporary appointee”
You lmao at it but I get the sneaking suspicion that you'd be bellyaching about it if it ever actually happened.
It shouldn't even come to that. As was pointed out, the Republicans also violated rules but ejecting them was never even brought up. It is authoritarianism and of course racist to issue one consequence to black members and a different one for the white member.
It's Tennessee. It's the same state where their historical government argued that rural voters should count 100x urban voters. It took federal action to stop that. This will have more symbolic impact outside of Tennessee than in the state.
No, it shouldn't have. I'm just laughing at how stupid this is. Anti-speech? Check. Anti-assembly? Check. Political retaliation? Check. All over a protest to do something about shooting kids dead in school. And at the end of the day, they will be re-elected, probably by a bigger margin, as a big "F U." And for the Republicans, it's a huge black eye at the national level. If I represent the national GOP, I would be extremely pissed at how stupid the TN Republicans are.
TN and texas (not much different) republicans are inbred morons. Boycotting them isn't the answer. Not to mention TN is the center of music (not just country any more). That's why its a lmao take
I agree about the music industry. That's why the boycott and moving would make a real impact. Help pay to move employees and relocate unless of course, Tennessee would agree to make sensible reforms to ensure this kind of abuse doesn't happen again. I'm asking what remedies you would advocate?
