President Biden will meet Monday with the “Tennessee Three” who faced expulsion by state House Republicans in Nashville for protesting in the wake of a mass shooting at a Christian school, capping the Democratic trio’s rise from obscurity and giving them a platform to call for tighter gun laws.
The White House says Mr. Biden will sit down with state Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville, Justin Pearson of Memphis and Gloria Johnson of Knoxville in the Oval Office to discuss democratic values and a ban on military-style, or “assault,” weapons.
State Republican lawmakers expelled Mr. Jones and Mr. Pearson, who are Black, from the Legislature for protesting on the House floor in the wake of the March 27 shooting that killed three adults and three children at The Covenant School, a private Christian institution. Ms. Johnson, who is White, avoided expulsion by one vote.“It was undemocratic when they were expelled and essentially ousted out of their seats,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Friday.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, has called for a special session in Nashville to debate measures allowing authorities to temporarily seize weapons from persons considered a danger to themselves or others.
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