They have voted to expel one already and the other 2 are expected to be expelled also today.
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/06/11683...%20the%201800s.
I find this absolutely disgusting; to compare non-violent 'unruly behavior' that was protesting gun violence to Jan. 6 and to expel them rather than fine or censure them. The charge against them is breaking some rules. There have been physical fights on the floor of the chamber and worse violations of the rules than these three committed and no suggestion of expulsion was ever made. This is nothing more than childish and hateful GOP political revenge and to redirect attention from gun control after the school shooting and, I suspect, Trump's indictment. This is representative of the GOP party today. Reprehensible
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Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson acknowledge that they didn't follow the rules of order and decorum by speaking without being formally recognized. But they're facing a disciplinary measure that's only been used twice since the 1800s. Republicans have said the trio's actions amount to an insurrection. |
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Days earlier, a 28-year-old assailant shot and killed six people at an elementary school in Nashville, prompting crowds of students and parents to visit the legislature, urging new controls. Jones, Pearson and Johnson called out Republican leaders for not responding to the push for gun restrictions in response to the mass-shooting crisis in the U.S. They did so, they said, to amplify the voices of protesters and their constituents. |
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"This was not an insurrection," Johnson told WPLN. "We've had skirmishes on the floor that have taken this long to resolve, and there were never any consequences." Jones said on CNN that Republicans are using authoritarian methods to silence the opposition. "It's very concerning and it represents a clear and present danger to democracy all across this nation," Jones said. "That should trouble us all." It is "morally insane," Jones said, to prioritize punishing lawmakers over a procedural breach after a mass shooting at a school. |
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Republicans immediately criticized the three lawmakers for disrupting order and breaking procedural rules in the chamber, in a disruption they say lasted nearly an hour. House Speaker Cameron Sexton compared the incident to Jan. 6: "What they did today was equivalent, at least equivalent, maybe worse depending on how you look at it, to doing an insurrection in the State Capitol," he said. |
I find this absolutely disgusting; to compare non-violent 'unruly behavior' that was protesting gun violence to Jan. 6 and to expel them rather than fine or censure them. The charge against them is breaking some rules. There have been physical fights on the floor of the chamber and worse violations of the rules than these three committed and no suggestion of expulsion was ever made. This is nothing more than childish and hateful GOP political revenge and to redirect attention from gun control after the school shooting and, I suspect, Trump's indictment. This is representative of the GOP party today. Reprehensible
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