Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones has been expelled one week after participating in a protest calling for gun reform following a mass shooting at a Nashville school. Two other lawmakers also face a possible removal from office.
— Tennessee's Republican-controlledHouse of Representatives has voted to expel Rep. Justin Jones a week after he joined two other Democrats in a protest on the House floor as demonstrators at the Capitol called for gun reform following a mass shooting at a Nashville school.Two other lawmakers, Justin Pearson and Gloria Johnson, also face possible votes on their removal from office Thursday.
Throughout the day, crowds have gathered outside and inside the building. Following the vote to expel Jones, those inside the Capitol gallery raised their fists and erupted in boos. Democrats were opposed to having the footage played, arguing it was unfair because they had not seen the video themselves and did not know the extent to which it had been edited.
"I will continue to show up to this Capitol with these young people whether I'm in that chamber or outside," Jones told reporters.In the last 157 years, the House has expelled only two lawmakers, which requires a two-thirds vote: In 1980, after a representative was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office, and in 2016, when another was expelled over allegations of sexual harassment.
"We cannot allow the actions of the three members to distract us from protecting our children. We will get through this together, and it will require talking about all solutions," Sexton said. "I want people to know this is not a political issue, it's a child issue," Deborah Castellano, a first-grade teacher in Nashville, told CNN."If you wash away Democrat, Republican, it's about kids and do we want them to be safe or not. I will stand in front of children and protect as many as I can with my body ... but we shouldn't have to, and those kids shouldn't be afraid.
Republicans control the Tennessee House of Representatives by a wide margin, with 75 members to Democrats' 23. One seat is vacant.
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