DEMOCRATS AGAINST DEMOCRACY IN TENNESSEE. There was a furor among politicos when Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Democratic members for using a bullhorn to hijack and then occupy the House floor amid a noisy protest by anti-gun demonstrators. The March 30…
DEMOCRATS AGAINST DEMOCRACY IN TENNESSEE. There was a furor among politicos when Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives expelled two Democratic members for using a bullhorn to hijack and then occupy the House floor amid a noisy protest by anti-gun demonstrators. The March 30 occupation brought the House to a standstill as the members whipped up protesters in the House gallery calling for gun control in light of the recent Covenant School shooting.
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Bringing the House to a standstill was justified, Schumer wrote, because"we believe the repeated and preventable slaughter of our children should frustrate and disrupt decorum because this horrifying pattern must never be accepted as business as usual."
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