BREAKING: Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones are ousted from Tennessee House after gun protest, marking the first partisan expulsion in the state's modern history. A third lawmaker, Rep. Gloria Johnson, survived an expulsion resolution.
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Following the adoption of the expulsion resolution, Jones said his ouster "is just setting a precedent that any member who voices dissent or opposition can be expelled from the legislative body." "My friends in school all called me 'Little Miss Law and Order' because I'm a rule-follower, and I know that rules sometimes have to be broken and sometimes you have to get in good trouble," she said.
Johnson, a former teacher, decried the possibility of "gun battles at our schoolhouse door," and Pearson argued that "the root cause that each of us have to address is this gun violence epidemic do the due to the proliferation of guns."
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One Tennessee Republican votes against expelling Democrat Justin JonesJones was expelled from the state House one week after taking part in a gun control protest. Fellow Democrats Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson could be next.
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Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democrats after gun protestTennessee Republican lawmakers have taken the first steps to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. Resolutions were filed Monday against Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. They led chants from the House floor with supporters in the gallery last Thursday. The resolution declared the three had participated in “disorderly behavior” and “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives.” Expelling lawmakers is an extraordinary action inside the Tennessee Capitol. Just two other House members have ever been ousted from the chamber since the Civil War.
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Tennessee House moves to expel 3 Democrats after gun protestTennessee Republican lawmakers took the first steps Monday to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. The extraordinarily rare move resulted in a chaotic and fiery confrontation between lawmakers and supporters opposing the move and has further fractured an already deep political division inside the Tennessee Legislature. Resolutions have been filed against Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they led chants from the House floor with supporters in the gallery last Thursday.
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