Tennessee GOP

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.
Second Expelled Dem Expected To Be Appointed Back To Tennessee House Today
Reappointed Tennessee Dem Expelled By GOP Calls On State House Speaker To Resign
Much Of The Media Is Both Sides-ing, Obscuring The Truth In The GOP Tennessee Expulsion 
Young Black Dems Could Be Reappointed To Tennessee House After ‘White Supremacist-Led’ Expulsion 
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.

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.

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Tennessee GOPers Expel First Of Three Dems Who Joined Gun Protests
Founder Of News Site Covering Tennessee Gun Protests Says Shots Fired At His Home
Three Democrats participated in one of those gun protests, which took place in the state House. Now state Republican leadership is moving to expel them.
‘Fascists!’: Tennessee GOPers Spark Outrage With Push To Oust Dems Who Joined Gun Protests
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: President Donald Trump is seen on a screen as his supporters cheer during a rally on the National Mall on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Donald Trump Where Things Stand: More Bad Faith Jan 6 Insurrection Comparisons
This is your TPM evening briefing.

There’s a lot of commotion to come as we wait for the details of the indictment and watch Donald Trump’s arraignment, and the circus around it, unfold over the next 24 hours, but I wanted to bring your attention to a small yet concerning trend I’ve noticed taking shape in the past week as Republicans continue to downplay the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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