Three Democrats Facing Expulsion From Tennessee Legislature for Aiding the 'Transurrection'

[Wingnut]

The race card ain't worth spit these days.  It is played out. 

[mystery-ak]

Tennessee Three: Nashville council members pledge to reinstate expelled Rep. Justin Jones
by Brady Knox, Breaking News Reporter |
April 07, 2023 04:29 PM

A majority of Nashville Metropolitan Council members pledged they would vote to reinstate former state Rep. Justin Jones. Jones and fellow Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson were expelled from the House for a protest in favor of gun control.

At least 23 of the 39-member council either announced on social media or told NBC News that they condemned Thursday's expulsion and would vote to reinstate Jones as early as possible. The council is slated to hold a special meeting on Monday to decide whether to replace or reinstate the expelled state representative.

Several council members told NBC News that hundreds of their constituents had reached out decrying Thursday's decision and demanding Jones's reinstatement.

“They removed the voice from 140,000 people who voted for them," Council member Burkley Allen told the outlet. "It’s a terrible precedent to set, that 'we disagree with you and you’ve disrupted our House proceedings and therefore we’re expelling you.' That’s not the way democracy works.”

The pledge means that Jones will likely be reinstated to his position — a possibility that Republicans made clear they were aware of during the over six-and-a-half-hour-long debate before the vote to expel Jones. Rep. Gino Bulso (R) specifically denounced the notion that the expulsion was undemocratic. He argued that his constituents could vote him back in after the expulsion.

more
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/majority-nashville-council-reinstate-expelled-jones

[mountaineer]

“I basically had a member call me an uppity Negro,” Jones, who is Black, told MSNBC’s Joy Reid

I don't believe that for a moment. These two are trying so hard to be the 21st century's Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown, and they look like clowns.

[Kamaji]

I don't believe that for a moment. These two are trying so hard to be the 21st century's Stokely Carmichael and H. Rap Brown, and they look like clowns.

[Fishrrman]

"At least 23 of the 39-member council either announced on social media or told NBC News that they condemned Thursday's expulsion and would vote to reinstate Jones as early as possible. The council is slated to hold a special meeting on Monday to decide whether to replace or reinstate the expelled state representative."

Go ahead and do it.
And then... the legislature should expel him AGAIN.
(but they won't)

[240B]

Day hates me cause I'm Black!! - How many murderers and rapists say the same thing?
BTW, who the hell says "Negro" these days?
Haven't heard the word negro since the Democrats were calling Obama 'the magic negro'.

[mystery-ak]

 Majority of Nashville Metro Council to vote to reinstate expelled member
by Jared Gans - 04/07/23 5:11 PM ET

A majority of the Nashville Metro Council plans to vote to reinstate former state Rep. Justin Jones (D) after he was expelled Thursday from the state House over his participation in a protest against gun violence on the chamber floor.

At least 22 members of the 40-seat city council have tweeted to declare their support for reappointing Jones to his seat since he was removed by the GOP-dominated state House. The members have denounced the effort from Republicans to oust him and asserted that his constituents want him back to represent them.

NBC News reported that 23 members confirmed online or to the outlet that they will vote to reappoint Jones, while The Tennessean reported that at least 28 members support Jones’s return.

Jones and state Rep. Justin Pearson (D) were kicked out of the House after they participated in a gun violence protest on the House floor in the days following last week’s shooting at a Nashville elementary school where three students and three staff members were killed.

State Rep. Gloria Johnson (D) also participated in the protest, but the House fell short of the votes necessary to remove her.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3939874-majority-of-nashville-metro-council-to-vote-to-reinstate-expelled-member/

[Hoodat]

Expelled Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones: I was voted out for being ‘an uppity negro’

I have a dream that my children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

When I first heard this story, there was no mention of race.  But now after race is injected, facts and substance no longer matter.

[mountaineer]

The race card ain't worth spit these days.  It is played out.

If everyone's a racist, no one is a racist. The epithet is meaningless.

[mountaineer]

Greg Price
@greg_price11

Did you know that while the circus was occurring in the Tennessee legislature last week, they actually passed a bill that Gov. Lee signed into law that massively increased funding and state requirements for school safety? The so-called "Tennessee three" all voted against it.

11:42 AM · Apr 12, 2023

[Kamaji]

Greg Price
@greg_price11

Did you know that while the circus was occurring in the Tennessee legislature last week, they actually passed a bill that Gov. Lee signed into law that massively increased funding and state requirements for school safety? The so-called "Tennessee three" all voted against it.

11:42 AM · Apr 12, 2023

Interesting; and so very predictable on their part.