Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives
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https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/06/us/tennessee-democrats-office-removal-vote/index.html
The Tennessee House of Representatives is scheduled to vote Thursday on removing from office three Democratic lawmakers who protested on the chamber floor with a bullhorn to call for gun reform following last month's school shooting in Nashville — and now are accused of breaking House rules.
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Offhand, I'd advocate for some sort of censure in lieu of expulsion -- but censure that hurts good, not a wrist slap.
We can't allow Jan 6 to become some sort of example for behavior in our legislative halls.
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Offhand, I'd advocate for some sort of censure in lieu of expulsion -- but censure that hurts good, not a wrist slap.
We can't allow Jan 6 to become some sort of example for behavior in our legislative halls.
@Catseye3 said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
We can't allow Jan 6 to become some sort of example for behavior in our legislative halls.
This has been going on much longer than Jan 6. This happened during Scott Walker's administration in Madison, and everyone shrugged - mostly peaceful protest, don'tcha know.
I'm glad they're making it a FAFO moment. Rules is rules.
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@Catseye3 said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
We can't allow Jan 6 to become some sort of example for behavior in our legislative halls.
This has been going on much longer than Jan 6. This happened during Scott Walker's administration in Madison, and everyone shrugged - mostly peaceful protest, don'tcha know.
I'm glad they're making it a FAFO moment. Rules is rules.
@George-K said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
This has been going on much longer than Jan 6. This happened during Scott Walker's administration in Madison,
This is my week for discovering that I don't know as much as I thought I knew.
Forget what I said.
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@George-K said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
This has been going on much longer than Jan 6. This happened during Scott Walker's administration in Madison,
This is my week for discovering that I don't know as much as I thought I knew.
Forget what I said.
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An answerable question. Someone(s) voted to expel the two without voting to expel the third. What were their reasons?
@Horace said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
An answerable question. Someone(s) voted to expel the two without voting to expel the third. What were their reasons?
They came up one vote short on the white gal. If they were going to chunk them, chunk all three.
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@Horace said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
An answerable question. Someone(s) voted to expel the two without voting to expel the third. What were their reasons?
They came up one vote short on the white gal. If they were going to chunk them, chunk all three.
@Jolly said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
@Horace said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
An answerable question. Someone(s) voted to expel the two without voting to expel the third. What were their reasons?
They came up one vote short on the white gal. If they were going to chunk them, chunk all three.
Yeah, that's a bad look, to be sure, unless her behavior was "less bad" than the others'.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Expulsion from Tennessee House of Representatives:
Built on what???
Wait ... has the American Revolutionary War been a misnomer all along?
@Axtremus you noticed, LOL.
And Barry doubles down:
"What happened in Tennessee is the latest example of a broader erosion of civility and democratic norms. Silencing those who disagree with us is a sign of weakness, not strength, and it won’t lead to progress."
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