Moving forward, facing violent opposition
Republicans didn't like who the voters elected to represent them, so they took representation away. For about a week.
The expulsions of two Black lawmakers, following large student protests for gun control, are part of a sweeping generational battle, in which “Republicans around the country are pushing for laws to make it more difficult for young people to vote.”
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What a difference a day makes! Chicago and Wisconsin voters turn the tables
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Justin Jones: "They thought they would silence us, but in fact they amplified it"
Justin Pearson, was one of two Black representatives ousted from the Tennessee legislature, speaks out before Thursday’s vote: the legislature ‘does not want diversity of people nor diversity of thought, and they do not want democracy.’
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Tennessee Republicans moving toward expulsion of three Democrats who supported students protesting for gun control after Nashville school shooting.
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