{"id":569129,"date":"2023-04-06T23:53:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tennessee-house-expels-democratic-lawmaker-after-gun-violence-protest\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T23:53:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:53:05","slug":"tennessee-house-expels-democratic-lawmaker-after-gun-violence-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tennessee-house-expels-democratic-lawmaker-after-gun-violence-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tennessee House expels Democratic lawmaker after gun violence protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives on Thursday voted to expel a Democratic state lawmaker after he participated in a protest against gun violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers voted<strong> <\/strong>72-25 to expel Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones (Nashville) and are set to consider also ousting Democratic Reps. Gloria Johnson (Knoxville) and Justin Pearson (Memphis) for their participation in the recent demonstrations. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Protesters descended on the Tennessee Capitol to protest gun violence in the wake of a mass shooting last month that left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead at a Catholic school in Nashville.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, Johnson and Pearson last week\u00a0led chants on the House floor\u00a0during the protests, and the trio were\u00a0s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>ped of their committee assignments\u00a0earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those who here will cast a vote for expulsion, I was fighting<strong> <\/strong>for your children, too, to live free from the terror of school shootings,\u201d Jones said in a speech to defend himself just before the vote. He said it was a \u201cvery dark day for Tennessee, because it will signal to the nation that there is no democracy in this state.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1400\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?w=900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3938211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=160,90 160w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=1280,720 1280w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=645,363 645w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=256,144 256w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=512,288 512w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=640,360 640w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=876,492 876w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=960,540 960w, https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/TN_Jones_AP.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 876px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) delivers remarks on the floor of the Tennessee House chamber on April 6 in Nashville, Tenn. Tennessee Republicans are seeking to oust Jones and two other House Democrats for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting.(AP Photo\/George Walker IV)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m expelled from here, I\u2019ll be back out there with the people every week demanding that you act. If you expel me, I will continue to show up because this issue is too important,\u201d Jones said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators could be heard in the background of the floor debate. <\/p>\n<p>Members of the Tennessee House have moved to expel elected colleagues just three other times since the Civil War era,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/04\/06\/tennessee-expulsion-amid-protests-house-gop-expel-lawmakers\/70085057007\/\">according to the Tennessean.<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The three lawmakers <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMarch4OurLives\/status\/1643981437291626500\">were seen in videos<\/a> entering the chamber on Thursday with their arms interlocked and fists raised, surrounded by demonstrators. The gun safety advocacy group March for Our Lives and other groups <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/AMarch4OurLives\/status\/1643981437291626500\">tagged the trio of state lawmakers<\/a> as \u201cThe Tennessee Three.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The White House on Thursday\u00a0condemned\u00a0the move to expel the three state lawmakers. \u201cThe fact that this vote is h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening is shocking, undemocratic and without precedent,\u201d said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong>A motion to adjourn after voting on Jones\u2019s expulsion failed, and the body moved on to debate expelling Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reports that Jones, and any other lawmaker who is expelled, would be able to be appointed back into the seat in the interim before a special election, and could then run in the special election to regain their seat.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMy conduct on that day was what I felt compelled in my heart to do for my constituents,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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Justin Jones (Nashville) and are set to consider also ousting Democratic Reps. Gloria Johnson (Knoxville) and Justin Pearson (Memphis) for their participation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":569130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/tennesseelawmakergunprotest_04062023ap.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[117,134418,134420,141609,141663,90482,124783,142202,40445,12867,134438,71156],"class_list":["post-569129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-business","tag-congress-blog","tag-equilibrium-sustainability","tag-evening-report","tag-gun-violence","tag-house","tag-international","tag-justin-jones","tag-media","tag-nashville","tag-prevention-cures","tag-tennessee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}