Looks insurrection-ey to me
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We've got to put a stop to this shit. Now.
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@George-K said in Looks insurrection-ey to me:
Hay Chansley, hold my beer!
I think that was the Texas insurrection.
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@Mik said in Looks insurrection-ey to me:
Which shit are you referring to?
Disrupting government. Insurrections, basically.
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Tennessee GOP begins expulsion process for 3 Democrats
On Thursday, the three House Democrats approached the podium between bills without being recognized to speak, a breach of chamber rules. With a bullhorn, Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis led protestors in the galleries in several chants calling for gun reform.
House leadership later likened the trio's behavior to an "insurrection," a characterization House Democrats decried last week.
The expulsion resolutions claim the three "did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives through their individual and collective actions."
Final votes to expel the three members will occur Thursday. Johnson, Jones, and Pearson will have an opportunity to defend their actions during that session.
The House chamber fell into chaos as Republican Rep. Andrew Farmer, R-Sevierville, introduced the first resolution, which called for Pearson's expulsion. Protestors screamed from the galleries above. Pearson raised his fist in protest, and House Democrats raised their hands to object.
Amid the chaos, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, called for the vote. All three resolutions passed in a party-line vote of 72 to 23. Democrats will have little power to block expulsions on Thursday.
Sexton did not recess the chamber as protestors in the gallery began chants of "fascists! fascists!" and wagged their fingers and fists at members. Instead, the speaker called for state troopers to clear the House galleries.
While the majority of the crowd cleared peacefully, one woman was handcuffed and carried out of the gallery by state troopers after she refused to follow commands and pushed a responding trooper, per Davidson County court records. She was charged with assault on a first responder, disorderly conduct and disrupting a meeting or procession.
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Be careful how you throw words around and how you enforce Justice.
Judges, Impeachment, Insurrection and Selective Justice. I think the Left already rues the changes to appointment of judges. I think they will come to rue the lowering of the bar to petty politics for impeachment. This is an example if how we have redefined insurrection. But in the end, the unequal application of Justice may have the farthest reaching effects.
