VP Kamala Harris plans to visit Nashville Friday to push for gun control and meet with two Tennessee Democratic lawmakers who were expelled from the General Assembly after protesting for gun reform on the floor of the statehouse. MsReads via USATODAY
killed six people. Johnson, who is white, dodged an expulsion by one vote.
Biden spoke to the three Democrats during a conference call on Friday and thanked them for their leadership in seeking to ban assault weapons and standing up for democratic values, the White House said. Biden also invited them to the White House in the near future. A White House official said Harris traveled to Nashville to lift"the voices" of thousands of young voters who have led demonstrations at the Tennessee state Capitol to change gun laws but haven't swayed the state's Republican majority. Tennessee Republicans expel two of 'Tennessee Three' House Democrats for leading pro-gun reform protest
The vice president"wants to make sure that these young people's voices are heard," the White House official said."In the face of a very tragic event, they want action."
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