{"id":1911821,"date":"2023-04-08T12:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrant-republican-lawmaker-blasts-democrat-lawmaker-expelled-from-tn-house-he-called-me-a-slur\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T12:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T16:48:59","slug":"immigrant-republican-lawmaker-blasts-democrat-lawmaker-expelled-from-tn-house-he-called-me-a-slur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrant-republican-lawmaker-blasts-democrat-lawmaker-expelled-from-tn-house-he-called-me-a-slur\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrant Republican Lawmaker Blasts Democrat Lawmaker Expelled From TN House: He Called Me A \u2018Slur\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fimmigrant-republican-lawmaker-blasts-democrat-lawmaker-expelled-from-tn-house-he-called-me-a-slur%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=1911821&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--><p>Sabi Kumar, an Indian-American Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, slammed one of the Democrat lawmakers that was expelled this week from the legislature for allegedly making racist remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Kumar accused Nashville Democrat Rep. Justin Jones, who was expelled in an overwhelming 72-25 vote after participating in last week\u2019s storming of the state capitol building by far-Left gun control activists, of calling him a \u201cbrown face of white supremacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am an immigrant, everybody knows. I have been in this country for 53 years, and when it was 50 years, you recognized me for that. It was a celebration in my mind and for my family,\u201d Kumar said. \u201cIn those 53 years in America, I have never encountered a racial slur. I\u2019m really not aware that any of that applies to me. I live a good life. Yet you on tape call me a brown face. Yessir, it\u2019s on tape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kumar said that Jones became physically confrontational with him to the point where the chamber\u2019s sergeant-at-arms had to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou walked up to me, you had no business coming up to me, you were sitting a row or two ahead of me,\u201d Kumar said. \u201cYou shoved your finger in my face and said, you shoved your finger in my face and said \u2018Kumar, they will never accept you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou said it twice,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd you were so intimidating that the sergeant-at-arms without my invitation came and intervened between us. Sir, that is very disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said that you put a brown face on white supremacy,\u201d Jones later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/i-am-an-immigrant-tennessee-republican-blasts-expelled-democrat-for-intimidation-racial-slur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">admitted<\/a>, according to remarks flagged by Mediaite. \u201cThat\u2019s what I said.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Tennessee Rep Sabi Kumar, an Indian immigrant, tells expelled Democrat that the only time he&#8217;s ever faced a racial slur in America is when Justin Jones called him &#8216;a brown face&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cC9RoEyx54\">pic.twitter.com\/cC9RoEyx54<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jack Poso \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JackPosobiec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1644144002239991808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The votes on expulsion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/tennessee-gop-expels-democrat-following-state-capitol-storming\">followed<\/a> the filing of resolutions on Monday against Jones, Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), and Rep. Justin Pearson (D-Memphis).<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1680979691116000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1YsafKPYyojrpCvxkZWlCU\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A vote to expel Johnson failed by one vote, which Johnson suggested might have been due to race \u2014 Pearson and Jones are both black while Johnson is white. During his defense, Pearson also attempted to make the debate about race, suggesting that Tennessee Republicans were racist and invoking \u201cblack women who stood at the cross\u201d when Jesus was crucified.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood) said that the Democrats had tried to \u201cshred the [state\u2019s] constitution with a bullhorn\u201d during debate on the resolutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sabi Kumar, an Indian-American Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, slammed one of the Democrat lawmakers that was expelled this week from the legislature for allegedly making racist remarks. Kumar accused Nashville Democrat Rep. 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