President Joe Biden separately speaks with the 'Tennessee Three,' one of whom is Black Filipino-American Justin Jones, praising them for 'seeking to ban assault weapons and standing up for our democratic values.'
TENNESSEE, USA – United States Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Nashville on Friday, April 7, in a show of support for Tennessee state lawmakers expelled for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting. two young Black lawmakers who last week led protesters into the well of the House floor, while a resolution to remove a white representative came up one vote short.
“The issue, which gets back to these three, is that we need leaders who have the courage to act at state houses and in Washington, D.C., in the United States Congress,” Harris told a gathering at Fisk University, a historically Black school. “Have the courage to act instead of the cowardice to not allow debate.”
Like much of the country, Tennessee is grappling with questions of political representation and changing demographics ahead of the 2024 presidential election that could see guns, along withand democracy, as top issues. Memphis and Nashville are two of the former slave state’s most diverse areas. Nearly 50 organizations, led by gun safety advocacy group the Newtown Action Alliance, on Friday called for nationwide student walkouts in solidarity with those in Tennessee.
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