{"id":1910016,"date":"2023-04-05T05:55:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-gop-lawmakers-move-to-expel-democrats-who-joined-protest-inside-state-capitol\/"},"modified":"2023-04-05T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T09:59:43","slug":"tennessee-gop-lawmakers-move-to-expel-democrats-who-joined-protest-inside-state-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tennessee-gop-lawmakers-move-to-expel-democrats-who-joined-protest-inside-state-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee GOP Lawmakers Move to Expel Democrats Who Joined Protest Inside State Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftennessee-gop-lawmakers-move-to-expel-democrats-who-joined-protest-inside-state-capitol%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1910016&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0405\/f2dd36f8-45e5-4211-b4e1-c3a355291988\/audio.mp3?length=3522285&#038;duration=293\"><\/div>\n<p>Tennessee Republican lawmakers have proposed a resolution that requests the removal of three Democrat representatives. This call comes after the representatives led protest chants through a bullhorn on the House floor on March 30.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution alleges that state Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville, Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, and Justin Pearson of Memphis participated in \u201cdisorderly behavior.\u201d Furthermore, they &#8220;knowingly and intentionally&#8221; &#8220;brought disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The resolution was presented by Republican Reps. Bud Hulsey, Gino Bulso, and Andrew Farmer. The resolution expedites the process, and the vote will occur on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the three Democratic representatives lost their committee assignments on Monday over their actions. The proposition of this resolution led to an outburst of anger from protesters in the gallery. This prompted House Speaker Cameron Sexton to request state troopers to remove them.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the House floor, several lawmakers had an altercation. Jones has accused a member of stealing his phone and trying to &#8220;incite a riot with his fellow members&#8221;. Therefore, Sexton ruled Jones as out of order and switched off his microphone.<\/p>\n<p>Sexton stated that the Democrats&#8217; actions were &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and &#8220;took away the voices of the protesters.&#8221; He added that those actions resulted in taking away the concentration from the six victims and their families who lost their loved ones. &#8220;We have always welcomed peaceful protestors to the capitol to have their voices heard on any issue,&#8221; Sexton wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5173208\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05\/id5173208-GettyImages-1250755815-1200x767.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5173208\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<noscript><\/noscript><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tDemocratic state Rep. Justin Jones enters the House chamber ahead of session as protesters chant demanding action for gun reform laws in the state at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 3, 2023. (Seth Herald\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<h2>Breach of Chamber Rules<\/h2>\n<p>During the previous week, hundreds of demonstrators chanted slogans that filled the state Capitol and its gallery. The three Democratic politicians, however, disregarded the rules, moved to the front of the House chamber with a bullhorn, and cheered on the protesters in the gallery while leading chants. This behavior marked a breach of chamber rules as they hadn&#8217;t been recognized to speak.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstrators were asking for stricter control over gun rights in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville. The police reported that Audrey Elizabeth Hale, 28, who identified as transgender, fired shots at the school, causing the death of three 9-year-old children and three adults.<\/p>\n<p>The breach of the Democratic lawmakers has been defended by Democratic lawmakers. They defended their actions, with House Minority Leader Karen Camper referring to them as &#8220;good trouble.&#8221; This is a reference to the late Rep. John Lewis&#8217;s guiding principle.<\/p>\n<p>Pearson admitted in a letter addressed to other lawmakers on Tuesday that he \u201cdid not follow decorum.\u201d He adds that he takes \u201cfull responsibility and accountability\u201d for his actions. \u201cMy walk to the House floor in a peaceful a<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution\u00a0on Monday to expel three Democrat representatives after they led protest chants\u00a0with a bullhorn from the House floor on March 30. The resolution declared that state Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville,\u00a0Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, and Justin Pearson of\u00a0Memphis had participated in \u201cdisorderly behavior\u201d and \u201cdid knowingly and intentionally bring disorder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":1910017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[4172,3685,23579,6203,12234,3673,4542,6651],"class_list":["post-1910016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-capitol","tag-democrats","tag-expel","tag-gop","tag-joined","tag-lawmakers","tag-protest","tag-tennessee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1910016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1910017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1910016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1910016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1910016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}