Tennessee GOP's Undemocratic Expulsion of Black Lawmakers.
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An unnamed Republican lawmaker in Tennessee reportedly called Rep Justin Jones and another Black legislator “baboons” during the summer of 2020. Mr Jones and another Black lawmaker, former Rep Justin Pearson, were expelled from the state legislature last week for joining gun violence protests in the wake of a mass shooting at a Nashville school. The revelation comes as Tennessee grapples with the fallout of the expulsion of Mr Jones and Mr Pearson for taking part in protests from the floor of the legislature following the shooting that left six people dead at a local Christian school.
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- Opinion | An Undemocratic Power Play in Tennessee The New York Times
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