“Rather than debating the merits of the issue, these Republican lawmakers have chosen to punish, silence, and expel duly-elected representatives of the people of Tennessee,” President J…
Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Nashville on Friday to advocate for gun control and meet with the a pair of state lawmakersafter they protested in favor of gun control on the state House floor.
Harris is set to meet with advocates and lawmakers including two former Tennessee Democratic Reps. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson, both Black men, who were expelled for protesting for gun control. Harris’ trip is meant to convey the administration’s seriousness about gun reform and democracy at large, and Harris will renew the Biden administration’s call for a ban on assault-style weapons while there, a White House official said.
“Today, @VP will travel to Nashville, TN. There she will meet with state lawmakers as well as young leaders who continue to demand action on common sense gun reform,” Kirsten Allen, Harris’ press secretary, tweeted on Friday. Harris will meet with the entire Democratic Tennessee state caucus while in Nashville, and the three lawmakers who faced expulsion votes will be in attendance. The third member, a White woman, spared in an ousting by Republican lawmakers that was decried by the trio as oppressive, vindictive and racially motivated.
The last-minute trip shows how much focus the Biden administration is placing on this issue and gun control broadly. Previously, Harris was scheduled to have no public events on Friday.
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