Tag: Tennessee GOP

Listen To This: Laboratories in Democracy?

By Jackie Wilhelm | May 25, 2023 12:01 p.m.

A new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast is live! This week, Josh and Kate do a deep dive into the rightward march of many state legislatures.

You can listen to the new episode of The Josh Marshall Podcast here.

US Has A Long History Of State Lawmakers Silencing Elected Black Officials

These events have been shown to be a form of “white backlash” working to keep Black officeholders out of power and their constituents powerless without representation.

By Rodney Coates | May 21, 2023 9:00 a.m.

Amid Expulsion Vote In House, Tennessee Sen Quietly Names April ‘Confederate History Month’

By Daniel Feller | April 23, 2023 9:00 a.m.

GOP Lawmaker Voted To Expel Tennessee Three Days After Panel Found He Sexually Harassed Interns

By Emine Yücel | April 21, 2023 1:01 p.m.

Leaked Audio Shows Tennessee GOP Infighting After Being Labeled ‘Racist’ For Expulsion Vote

"If we don’t stick together, if we don’t believe we’re at war for our republic, with all love and respect to you, you need a different job,” a Republican lawmaker said.

By Emine Yücel | April 14, 2023 12:56 p.m.

Second Expelled Dem Expected To Be Appointed Back To Tennessee House Today

By Emine Yücel | April 12, 2023 10:36 a.m.

Reappointed Tennessee Dem Expelled By GOP Calls On State House Speaker To Resign

By Emine Yücel | April 11, 2023 11:38 a.m.

Much Of The Media Is Both Sides-ing, Obscuring The Truth In The GOP Tennessee Expulsion

By Kate Riga | April 7, 2023 12:25 p.m.

Young Black Dems Could Be Reappointed To Tennessee House After ‘White Supremacist-Led’ Expulsion

By Emine Yücel | April 7, 2023 11:33 a.m.

Where Things Stand: Remember, This All Began As A GOP Effort To Downplay Not Just School Shootings, But Jan 6

This is your TPM evening briefing.

By Nicole Lafond | April 6, 2023 6:37 p.m.

As my colleague Emine Yücel just reported, Tennessee Republicans have voted to expel one of the three Democrats who participated in a protest that broke out in the state House last week, as children and parents showed up to demand expanded gun control in the wake of another school shooting.

Emine and I followed the livestream of floor proceeding closely all afternoon and the rhetoric was, honestly, shocking. As Republicans gave lengthy, cringe speeches about the importance of following House rules, demanding to know how Rep. Justin Jones (D) carried a concealed bullhorn into the House chamber, yelled about him wearing the wrong type of lapel pin and argued that the Democrat from Nashville was intentionally creating chaos on the House floor to get attention because he is young, Democrats pleaded with their colleagues to drop the embarrassing crusade.