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Tennessee’s House Divided

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate

News, Daily News, News Commentary, Politics

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The Tennessee House, which has a Republican supermajority, voted last week on motions to expel three Democratic members for “disorderly behavior” after they led protest chants from the floor of the chamber. Two Black lawmakers, Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson—both in their late 20s and new to the House this session—were ousted. The motion to boot the other Rep. Gloria Johnson, who’s white, failed by one vote. Guest: Melissa Brown, state politics reporter for The Tennessean. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Amicus—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Make an impact this Earth Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to bring more parks to more people across the country. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.3

If you live in Tennessee, the last month has been a bit of a blur.

0:52.1

Over the last 10 days, thousands have descended upon the legislature, both the protest, gun control

0:57.3

and the expulsion of beleaguered former representatives, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson.

1:02.3

It started with the Covenant School shooting in Nashville on March 27.

1:07.7

Six people were killed and immediately people began congregating at the Tennessee State

1:13.3

Capitol, demanding change.

1:16.0

So I was at the state Capitol just five or six hours after the shooting was first reported.

1:22.8

We were just getting details about the victims, including three children.

1:27.9

Emotions were very high and I think it seemed like this situation might be a little bit different.

1:33.6

But of course, you really couldn't know how things would develop and evolve over the next

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