The protesters quietly held up 8 by 11 inch paper signs that read '1 KID | ALL THE GUNS.' They were removed by Tennessee Highway Patrol officers.
An argument over 8 by 11 inch paper signs being used in the Tennessee legislature boiled over on Tuesday as the entire public was cleared out of a House subcommittee by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Democrats argued that quietly holding up the signs was harmless, and asked: If guns could be brought into Cordell Hull, why couldn't the signs?"And deny our First Amendment rights? I am not leaving," Polidor said."We have rights to hold a sign. If you have to drag me out, so be it."Officers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol approached her seat in the room and two officers lifted Polidor out of the chair she was sitting in.
Shortly after Polidor was removed, Scripps News Nashville reported that all of the public, apart from the media and lawmakers, had been cleared from the room where legislators were conducting a Tennessee House subcommittee meeting. Strict and oftentimes ambiguous House rules on decorum and discipline have taken center stage in many arguments over free speech and protester rights in Tennessee's legislature. On Tuesday people from across Tennesseewere seen gathering for marches and other demonstrations urging lawmakers to take more action on a host of issues.
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