Three Democrat Tennessee state lawmakers will be honored at the White House after they disrupted a legislative proceeding, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Wednesday.
Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that the Republicans in the State House want to “reenact the Civil War.”
Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight” that the Justice Department has a duty to investigate the Tennessee legislator for expelling two members.
Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson (D) said Tuesday on “CNN This Morning” that she hears racist statements “all the time” in the Tennessee State House.
During an interview on ABC News Live on Monday, Tennessee State Rep. Sabi “Doc” Kumar (R) criticized ABC host Kayna Whitworth for changing the subject to gun control rather than talking about one of the expelled Tennessee State House members, Rep.
CNN anchor Don Lemon said Friday on “CNN This Morning” that Tennessee Republicans who expelled two black lawmakers over a gun violence protest inside the state capitol did so because of “racism.”
Justin Jones, one of the Tennessee state lawmakers expelled from his House seat Thursday, said on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” a member called him an “uppity Negro.”
Nevada Democrat Clark County Commissioner Justin Jones is under fire after the board of commissioners passed an ordinance that ousted one of Jones’ Republican opponents from her position as planning commissioner.
Two left-wing activists were arrested on Thursday at the State Capitol in Nashville, and one was charged with assaulting Tennessee Speaker of the House Glen Casada .
