State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson face expulsion.
Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, Rep. Gloria Johnson People hold their hands up as they exit the House Chamber doors at the Tennessee State Capitol Building, April 3, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn.Three Democratic Tennessee lawmakers are facing expulsion resolutions after Republicans said their gun control protest violated the chamber's rules of decorum -- an extraordinarily rare rebuke from state lawmakers following the Nashville school shooting.
Pearson said he and his colleagues were moved to break the rules of decorum after the GOP supermajority did not acknowledge any protestors speaking for gun control, noting the members were stripped of committee assignments following the demonstration. "We're on the floor that night, and I started hearing that they're filing resolutions to expel us, and I was in shock because literally we broke a House rule for a total of a few minutes," Johnson said in an interview with ABC News.
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