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Seems the speaker run the house as it his personal. Turning off the microphone?
That's abhorrent behavior. They are all elected. Now these 2 showed their ppl are solid behind their causes. Shame on the speaker for trying to throw them out.
Didn't traffic cone Jones try to kill an innocent motorist?
The expulsion was a good one.
This Johnson p.o.s. asked to be separate from the 2 because she really wasn't involved… She narrowly made the vote and now cries racism. You piece of lying trash
This guy was arrested for assault hitting innocent people in car's on the street
Buckle your seat belt as we are going through the CULTURE REVOLUTION like they did it in China years ago. The US brainwashed youth army will march and protest until this country come down to its knees.
Gotta love half truth , fluff and 0 accountability
Funny, they encouraged two young black racists like civil rights leaders. The Apocalypse Democratic Joe will do and use everything in his power to get rid of Trump voters. Joe! you didn't create civil right movements, but you created civil war movements here.🙂
That guy is a joke and should have been expelled
This is a start. Defy the right
You can only lead an insurrection if your black 😂😂😂
Radical Republicans keep showing us who they are. It's about time we take them and the ongoing threat they represent, very seriously!🤷🏾♂️🇺🇲
It wasn't a protest, it was a mob💨🤡
What is wrong with these people that don't want weapons regulated?
His personality not only suits to Tennessee House but also to White House 🇺🇸 ,the coming one day😍
Thank you Tennessee State Legislature: This is the first good news story in quite a while. It takes big people to admit a mistake and correct it. Even if you didn't think you were mistaken, you showed character traits that perhaps others can take a cue from. They didn't smash any windows, or harm any law enforcement members. You acted with restraint and common sense when faced with some boisterous members. You deserve a lot of credit, and have set a good example. You are much appreciated.
2023 USA 17 school shootings in 3 months. 1996 UK 1 in 27 years. 1923 New Zealand 1 in 100 years.
Ban Americans from international travel to restrict the spread of stupidity and gun violence?
Save the Earth from America's gun violence by closing all American military bases around the world.
46 Ukrainians are killed each day in Putin's senseless war. 44 Americans are killed each day by other Americans in no war.
He's an insurrectionist.
Everyone involved in the 1/6 actions should be released immediately.
so certain people are allowed to lead an insurrection… oh ok cool
Democrats did a good job covering up the hate crime and making it all about them. Democrats only care about a life when they can politically exploit it
This whole episode exposes the abuse of power by Republicans and the fact that they put "decorum" ahead of our sacred right to free speech and the sacred lives of our children. We must all stand with Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and take their example of action, compassion and courage. Long live Justin Jones! Long live Justin Pearson! Long live Gloria Johnson! God bless the #TennesseeThree and the state of Tennessee.
Republicans can lie and mislead people about what happened all they want, but the people aren't stupid. We can see exactly what happened. The Republican Speaker Cameron Sexton was silencing Representatives Jones, Johnson and Pearson, not letting them speak for their constituents, cutting off their mics. That is not right and not democracy. So they Reps, the #TennesseeThree, got up to speak. Then the GOP went to the extreme measure of expulsion…..which in the past had ONLY been used three times for serious offenses like felonies! This was total abuse of power by the GOP and an assault on democracy.
Republicans finally did something right had video proof to back it up and then they got weak.
Justin Jones is a real freaking DISGRACE
The three democrats are guilty of insurrection. They feel rules and decorum are something they do not have to follow, and they incited the protests to escalate.
Look at all those 🐒🐒🐒
Why isn’t main stream media talking about their campy MLK impressions. It’s disgraceful
This guy looking for racism like it's an Easter egg hunt.
Seriously? That deranged race hustling races pos? He can take an oath when he’s a biased radical.. what was the city threatened to be burned down lol!? Weak GOP..
WTF
He disrupted a congressional session for millions of TNseans supposedly in the name of murdered children. As a consequence he was expelled from Congress as it was written in the TN Constitution. He now has the attention of the entire world and he hasn't brought anything of value to the table regarding school shootings or gun control. I hope he thinks though his actions next time and actually delivers something good.
Jan6 supporters are traitors to this country. If you don't like Democracy then move to Russia.
Baltimore Detroit Atlanta Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland for proof.
Perpetual victim class folks always blame EVERYTHING on others. Zero accountability.
Guess the House could not refuse to let the Communist back in.
All you hateful people in the comments are more worried about decorum than children's lives. You purport to be pro-life. But you only care about guns. It's pathetic really.
Ahh yes. Black privilege
Privilege is when you construct an insurrection and then get reinstated a few days later.
Suck it, Repubs!
It's funny how these 'law makers' are never the ones who will have to enforce their tyrannical over reach laws, going door to door having to pry these firearms from the cold dead hands of patriots, who would be doing nothing but defending themselves from the tyrannical government, (which is what the second amendment is for.)
So I say again to these leftist law makers, and those who suggues their laws. If you want them, come and take them yourselves.
Because on any other day of the week, you declare law enforcement to be your enemy; but when it comes down to stripping the self defensive tools of the law abiding American people, you see them as nothing but your disposable puppets.
This is instilling confidence how again…?
notice how these mass shooters are never conservative Republicans? Notice how many ARE liberal leftist. Don't ban guns Just banned Democrats from being able to obtain guns keep our children safe, ungroomed, and free from cereal sniffers,Ban left-wing extremism
Most privileged ppl in the world ⚫️ ⚫️ ⚫️
Sounds like Jones can get away with anything and get his 🎂 cake. Justin Jones is a BLM rioter! He should be in on a chain gang picking up trash along the freeway.