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The supermajority Republican Tenneessee legislature today voted to expel two African American male Democratic legislators. The white woman, also up on charges, was not expelled.
Their crime leading a chant about justice after the Nashville school murders. Nobody did anything illegal. Nobody was violent. No one caused any damage to the chamber. They broke chamber rules
Essentially they were given the death penalty for what amounted to a speeding ticket. Their districts will have to run special elections, which these expelled men are eligible to run in, which will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. These 2 districts are overwhelmingly Democratic so odds are these men will be back in their seats.
And we wonder why our governments are broken
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I see. Make it a race issue.
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Two men got kicked out and the woman got to stay?
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(04-06-2023, 10:53 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I see. Make it a race issue.
2 black men got expelled and the white woman didn’t. They were all charged with the same offense. Convince me that race didn’t play into that. Even Gloria Johnson, the woman not expelled, said she wasn’t due to her skin color.
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(04-06-2023, 10:53 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I see. Make it a race issue.
The TN legislature first voted out the black congress-man;
Then they didn't expel the white congress-woman;
then they took a break;
Then TN legislature voted to expel the black congress-man.
Every single one of them did the exact same thing, and none of them did anything out of line, BUT only the two Black Congress-men were expelled.
Buddy, it is what it is. 
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Tennessee is such a ***** mess.
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(04-06-2023, 10:53 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I see. Make it a race issue.
I hear ya. Tennessee should have pitched the white woman along with the 2 black men in order to improve their optics of cracking down on the first amendment. Blunder on their part.
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(04-06-2023, 10:53 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I see. Make it a race issue.
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(04-06-2023, 10:53 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I see. Make it a race issue.
Yep, that's exactly what the Tennessee GOP did. It went from being all about anti-democratic partisanship to being about that AND race.
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(04-06-2023, 10:53 PM)guyofthetiger Wrote: I see. Make it a race issue.
Make it not a race issue. Go ahead. Explain it.
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(04-07-2023, 09:24 AM)GMDino Wrote: Make it not a race issue. Go ahead. Explain it.
Show me in the bible where it says the 1A and 2A apply to black men.
On topic, I feel like seeing young black men protest gun violence probably offended white conservatives who are too happy to characterize their demographic as violent thugs.
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(04-07-2023, 09:55 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Show me in the bible where it says the 1A and 2A apply to black men.
On topic, I feel like seeing young black men protest gun violence probably offended white conservatives who are too happy to characterize their demographic as violent thugs.
Oh, I'm sure the good ol' boys thought the protestors were too "uppity" too.
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(04-07-2023, 09:21 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Yep, that's exactly what the Tennessee GOP did. It went from being all about anti-democratic partisanship to being about that AND race.
It was actually four people. The men got 69 votes and the woman got 65 votes. What really doesn't make sense is why the four people kept the woman. I mean if you are getting rid of Democrats, why save one even if you are being racist?
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(04-07-2023, 09:55 AM)Nately120 Wrote: Show me in the bible where it says the 1A and 2A apply to black men.
On topic, I feel like seeing young black men protest gun violence probably offended white conservatives who are too happy to characterize their demographic as violent thugs.
While I think it was a ridiculous overreaction, the first amendment doesn't come into play here. They violated the rules.
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(04-07-2023, 10:54 AM)michaelsean Wrote: It was actually four people. The men got 69 votes and the woman got 65 votes. What really doesn't make sense is why the four people kept the woman. I mean if you are getting rid of Democrats, why save one even if you are being racist?
Accepting the premise these individuals are racist as has been put forth by certain outlets, you are looking for logic in the mind of a racist, a group of individuals known for faulty logic.
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(04-07-2023, 10:56 AM)michaelsean Wrote: While I think it was a ridiculous overreaction, the first amendment doesn't come into play here. They violated the rules.
They did.
So did the member that peed on a chair and wasn't removed among others.
Expulsion has been used just three times since 1980:
Quote:Flashback: The Senate voted 27-5 last year to expel former Sen. Katrina Robinson after a federal wire fraud conviction.
- The House voted to expel former Rep. Jeremy Durham in 2016 over allegations of sexual misconduct. It was a bipartisan 70-2 vote.
- The Tennessean reports a House member was ousted in 1980 for soliciting a bribe to stop pending legislation.
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Before that, the newspaper reports, the most recent expulsion was in 1866, when six House members were expelled for trying to stop Tennessee from ratifying the 14th Amendment, which established citizenship for people who had been enslaved.[/size]
This just seems a *BIT* harsh for "breaking the rules".
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(04-07-2023, 10:56 AM)michaelsean Wrote: While I think it was a ridiculous overreaction, the first amendment doesn't come into play here. They violated the rules.
Fair point. That would explain why the "but you said 1/6 was wrong" arguments ate bring thrown at the wall.
The government has still cracked down on black folks who are following the rules, but alas these guys opened the door a crack on this one.
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(04-07-2023, 11:11 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Accepting the premise these individuals are racist as has been put forth by certain outlets, you are looking for logic in the mind of a racist, a group of individuals known for faulty logic.
Tell me about it, you should see that racist smear campaign going on against Justice Thomas for following the Rules.
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(04-07-2023, 01:58 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Two men got kicked out and the woman got to stay?
The 'White Woman' only escaped expulsion by one (1) vote. So, there is that.
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