Always was. You can't be the party of "we need better mental health care" and the party of "we oppose any expansion of healthcare"
ala Abbott........................we need better mental health care...............ok, lets pass a new bill............whoa their bucko, let's not get all crazy
Another proud day for the Rs ... Tennessee Republicans silence grieving mothers during gun law debate And the Rs will lose their **** if a single R is ever denied his/her right to free speech.
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, who was expelled from the chamber earlier this year, has filed a federal lawsuit against Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton and other House officials, alleging his constitutional rights have been repeatedly violated, court records show. Jones is seeking a court order that would block the Speaker of the House from preventing Jones from speaking on the House floor, reinstate his committee appointments and expunge and declare his removal unconstitutional. In April, Jones was removed from his seat as the representative for Nashville-area District 52 in the Tennessee House after he and two other Democrats – Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson – called for gun reform during a protest on the House floor following the March 27 shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville. The attack on the Covenant School left three 9-year-olds and three adults dead. In voting to expel the lawmakers, the GOP supermajority had cited breaches of decorum. Pearson, who is Black, was also removed from his seat. Johnson, a White woman, also faced an expulsion vote, but was not ousted. Jones and Pearson were re-appointed to their seats shortly after being removed and won the seats back in a special election. In August, Jones was twice ruled out of order during debate by Sexton, automatically triggering a vote to silence Jones for the remainder of the day. The vote passed along party lines, 70-20, and Democrats walked out in protest.
@brotherjones is an up and comer, I hope to see him put a hurt on the good ole boy network in Tenn. Every time I hear him speak you can feel the passion, he has for his state......hope good things happen to that young man
