Tennessee State Rep. Gloria Johnson: Race played a role in colleagues' expulsion
Although three Democratic lawmakers led a gun control protest last week, the Tennessee House of Representatives voted not to expel Gloria Johnson, but did oust her two fellow Democratic colleagues, Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson.
This is just the third time since the Civil War era that a lawmaker has been expelled from the Tennessee House, and while the move may be historic in the Tennessee legislature and a shock across the U.S., Johnson says she’s not surprised as she has seen racial disparities on the House floor before. Johnson said the expulsions were"the ultimate extreme punishment" for breaking a House rule when they have had people on the floor who were convicted of domestic violence and who are under federal investigation and stayed on the floor until they were indicted.
In the House chamber, lawmakers discussed several bills, some addressing school safety but not gun control.
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