Tennessee GOP begins expulsion process for 3 Democrats, House session devolves into chaos

It's why I said up thread they remind me of my 3 year old. They learn a new concept and then think it's applicable to everything. My son has a basic understanding of time of day, so now he asks if anything we have planned for the day is taking place at 5 o'clock.

 

Young liberal activists are fighting back and winning, and republicans are looking like the dumb player who scored a three pointer in the other team’s basket.

A Week of Youthful Activism Sends Out Political Shockwaves

“A surge of youthful activism powered major liberal victories in Wisconsin and Chicago and a boisterous legislative uprising in Tennessee this week, as Republicans absorbed a string of damaging political blows, beginning with the arraignment of their leading presidential contender on criminal charges in Manhattan.

The drumbeat of news seemed to batter the G.O.P.’s brand by the hour: Donald J. Trump became the first American president to be led into a courtroom to hear his indictment. Voters in Wisconsin handed Democrats a landslide victory and a one-seat majority on the state’s Supreme Court, with the fate of abortion and Wisconsin’s heavily gerrymandered political map at stake.

And liberal activists helped one of their own rise to mayor of Chicago, defeating a more moderate Democrat who had the backing of Republicans in and around the nation’s third-largest city, and overcoming conservative-tinged arguments about crime and policing.

A coda, or perhaps an own-goal, came on Thursday in red-state Tennessee, when the overwhelmingly Republican Legislature voted to expel two young, Black male representatives for their roles in leading youthful protests calling for gun control, after a mass shooting at a Christian school in Nashville, but narrowly allowed a white female lawmaker who had stood with them to remain.“

 

So, so wrong. The so called MAGA Gator fans you speak of don't want such athlete here. If the fool wants to play where people think like him let him go lose games in New York.

 

be careful what you wish for. UF hasn’t exactly been doing a lot of winning lately

 

I’m definitely right, I can tell by how triggered you are by the mere mention of such a scenario. LOL

 

He told you exactly how MAGA fans feel about college athletes - any player who doesn’t fall in line with Dictator DeSantis and his band of political thugs can go play elsewhere. Par for the course for that contingent.

 

Agreed. it’s also characteristic of a certain type of sunshine pumper who will never acknowledge the problem until it’s too late. I imagine there’s a big overlap between the two.

 

It might have some effect on the decisions of out of state organizations deciding whether or not to expand into the state. I think the effect on recruiting will be minimal as the NIL aspect of recruiting will be the overweening factor. Would be happy to be wrong.

 

Justin Jones unanimously reinstated. Suck it, Tennessee republicans.



Justin Jones rejoins TN legislature after Nashville Council vote

 

Alabama government is not known to be on the progressive side, so I seriously doubt that makes much of a difference.

I worry more about Desantis essentially eroding the academic reputation UF has gained in recent years.

 

I’m surprised Tennessee didn’t pass a new law banning city councilors from appointing temporary representatives.

 

The other AA guy will,likely get out back in later this week too.
But bith will have to run for a special election, which will cost the state however much money, just to placate a partisan hissy fit.

 

Probably should be more careful throwing stones, Speaker Sexton.

Where does the Tennessee House Speaker actually live?

 

For those not clicking on the link it appears the Speaker has lied about his residence breaking state law and filed erroneous per diem requests overcharging the state almost $80k since 2020.

 

He now admits it.

UPDATE: Tennessee Speaker admits his family lives hours away from the district he represents
After yesterday's story was published and spread rapidly online, Sexton did communicate with Phil Williams, a high-profile Tennessee reporter. Williams reported that "Sexton argues, as Speaker, he has to be in Nashville so often that it's easier to have his family here." So now we know the answer to the question: Sexton, and his family, live in Nashville.

(But it probably won’t matter)

Spragens added that, at the moment, "the legislature is the sole arbiter of any member’s qualifications, so it’s up to [Sexton's] colleagues to decide whether he or any representative should be expelled." Spragens said that Sexton's residency could be challenged in court if he runs for reelection.

 

He is literally the son of a preacher from Memphis, TN...you think somebody gets their style of speaking/accent from where they attend college, not their family or where they grew up?

BTW, Bowdoin is a college, not a prep school. He attended an inner city high school in Memphis...

 

Pointless and embarrassing for the GOP.

Anti-self defense authoritarians get their 15 minutes of fame and spurring gun sales besides.

 

Is this more criticism of him, or the expulsion? The first post apparently has no comprehension of unitarian/universalism, and the second one seems confused as to why the son of a Memphis preacher would sound like a Memphis preacher.