{"id":1917051,"date":"2023-04-20T06:25:57","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-will-host-tennessee-three-but-has-no-plans-to-invite-covenant-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T06:26:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T10:26:38","slug":"white-house-will-host-tennessee-three-but-has-no-plans-to-invite-covenant-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-will-host-tennessee-three-but-has-no-plans-to-invite-covenant-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Will Host \u2018Tennessee Three,\u2019 But Has No Plans To Invite Covenant Victims"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fwhite-house-will-host-tennessee-three-but-has-no-plans-to-invite-covenant-victims%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=1917051&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>White House Press Secretary <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/karine-jean-pierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karine Jean-Pierre<\/a> confirmed on Wednesday that President Joe Biden planned to meet with three Tennessee lawmakers who led an anti-gun protest inside the State House \u2014 but had no plans to meet with the victims of the Covenant School shooting that sparked the protest.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News White House correspondent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/peter-doocy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Doocy<\/a> pressed Jean-Pierre on the issue, and while she did say that Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/justin-pearson-jones-expelled-tennessee-lawmakers-protests-3b3b0fa44cd00220fed3c77aec372011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planned to meet<\/a> with the \u201cTennessee Three,\u201d she had \u201cnothing to report\u201d when he asked about any potential plans to invite the shooting victims.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Doocy: You&#8217;re going to have three of the lawmakers who protested- <\/p>\n<p>KJP: peacefully protested<\/p>\n<p>Doocy: -after the Nashville Covenant School shooting. Have any of the victims or their families been invited to the White House? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9s2MWy8Ldv\">pic.twitter.com\/9s2MWy8Ldv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Media Research Center (@theMRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMRC\/status\/1648735735074127872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSo, Monday you\u2019re going to have three of the lawmakers who protested \u2014\u201d Doocy began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeacefully protested,\u201d Jean-Pierre interrupted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2014 who peacefully protested after the Nashville Covenant School shooting,\u201d Doocy continued. \u201cHave any of the victims or the victims\u2019 families been invited to the White House?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have anything to read out to you about any invite,\u201d Jean-Pierre replied.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Doocy responded with just one word: \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t have anything at this time to read out to you \u2014 any invite,\u201d Jean-Pierre said again before pivoting to say that the president\u2019s focus was on \u201cgetting things done\u201d about gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to explain that was why he planned to meet with legislators who were stepping up to take the kind of action the White House was pushing with regard to additional gun control measures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why he continues to put pressure on Congress,\u201d Jean-Pierre continued, accusing Republicans of not \u201cshowing courage\u201d and demanding a ban on \u201cassault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three Tennessee state legislators in question took part in an anti-gun protest that disrupted the legislative session, and two of them \u2014 Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson \u2014 were expelled from their seats while Gloria Johnson, whose role in the protest was less active, escaped expulsion.<\/p>\n<p>Jones and Pearson were reappointed to their respective seats within days, and have since engaged in another protest \u2014 during which Jones carried around a child-sized coffin as a prop.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TN Rep. Justin Jones brought a prop child\u2019s coffin to the House <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WCItsqQwJP\">pic.twitter.com\/WCItsqQwJP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1648359497159589889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed on Wednesday that President Joe Biden planned to meet with three Tennessee lawmakers who led an anti-gun protest inside the State House \u2014 but had no plans to meet with the victims of the Covenant School shooting that sparked the protest. 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