Dwain Northey (Gen X)

https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-lawmakers-expulsion-d3f40559c56a051eec49e416a7b5dade

Thank you, Tennessee Republicans, for showing us just who you are, you pulled the hood back and revealed your true selves and now the world knows.

You ejected two elected democrats for exercising their 1^st amendment right and disenfranchising nearly 140,000 Tennesseans who now have no voice in your state government. It goes unsaid that the 2 districts they represent d52 and d86 are predominately minority and democratic party leaning.

Their offense was joining protesters who gathered in Nashville last week to call for gun safety reform in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting that left seven dead, including the shooter. The members approached the lectern without being called on by House GOP leadership and toted a bullhorn to lead chants on the House floor, a stunt that temporarily suspended legislative business.

My questions is was that their real offence in the eyes of Tennessee Republicans? I believe that in that chamber their first offence was being Black, second young, third being a Democrat. Their willingness to stand up with their constituents was the final straw.

So now we know than in Tennessee a gun has more rights than children, democratically elected member if their house, black men, and common sense. These republicans would rather that children attended class in what would be equivalent to a prison before enacting any kind of gun reform.

I hope the two ejected representatives run for the seats that they were just ousted from and win them back with huge majorities. I hope that the republicans, now having shown their hand, are voted out of office best yet their districts petition and recall to have then removed. I want KARMA to kick them so hard that even their own children won’t vote for them.