The next question is whether states with Republican supermajorities will follow Tennessee's lead in expelling opponents with different points of view, she said.
that killed six people, including three young students. A third Democrat was spared expulsion by a one-vote margin.in dozens of states where Republicans are trying to make it harder to cast ballots and challenging the integrity of the election process.
Voters losing their chosen representatives for doing their jobs is “unheard of," Wertheimer said. He has not learned of any similar action in other states, “but this stuff travels."National Urban League President Marc Morial said the issue was about race, but “it’s not only about race. It’s about basic American values.”
House Speaker Cameron Sexton pushed back against criticism that he was leaving thousands of Tennesseans without representation and taking away their voice. Clayton Cardwell, who lives in Jones’ district in Nashville, said in a telephone interview that the protest in favor of stricter gun laws last week was “the right thing to do.”
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