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Expelled Tennessee representative Justin Jones has council support to return to office

Freshly expelled Tennessee politician Justin Jones appears to have enough votes in the Nashville Metropolitan Council to send him back to the state legislature.

Tribune News Service

Kamala Harris meets expelled Nashville gun protest lawmakers: ‘You do not silence the people’

‘They chose to show courage in the face of an extreme tragedy’

The Independent UK

Tennessee Republicans tried to silence three Democrats over guns. They turned them into national figures

A Republican attempt to cut off debate inside the Tennessee House has turned into a nationwide conversation, Josh Marcus reports

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Tennessee’s House expels 2 Democrats over gun protest, VP Harris travels to meet them

In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville. A third Democrat was narrowly spared by a one-vote margin.

France 24

Biden condemns ‘shocking’ Tennessee lawmaker expulsions over gun furor

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden condemned Tennessee Republicans’ expulsion of two lawmakers who protested a deadly Nashville school shooting last week, calling the episode unprecedented and criticizing GOP leaders for refusing to enact tighter gun-control laws.

Tribune News Service

Biden condemns ‘shocking’ Tennessee expulsions over gun furor

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden condemned Tennessee Republicans’ expulsion of two lawmakers who protested a deadly Nashville school shooting last week, calling the episode unprecedented and calling out GOP leaders for refusing to enact tighter gun-control laws.

Tribune News Service

Kamala Harris to meet with expelled Tennessee lawmakers

Vice President Kamala Harris is making a last-minute trip to Tennessee on Friday, hours after the Republican-controlled House expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature in retaliation for their role in a protest calling for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville

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Meet the "Tennessee Three" at the center of a statehouse drama over gun reform

Two of the lawmakers were booted from office Thursday.

Axios

Barack Obama and Al Gore join condemnation of Tennessee GOP for expelling Black lawmakers over gun protest

The former vice president who is a native of Tennessee and the former president said the expulsion was undemocratic

The Independent UK

GOP surprised by ferocious backlash

The GOP is an authoritarian, extremist political party that is out of the mainstream of American life

Salon

Former Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones says he lost a seat, but voters lost their voice

Jones, one of two Black Democrats expelled from the state House, tells NPR he's keeping his options open and would "most definitely" demand his seat back if local officials reappointed him to it.

WEKU

Tennessee House expels 2 Democrats for gun-control protest

The GOP supermajority in the House banished Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, who are both Black, for joining a protest for gun control after the Nashville school shooting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tennessee's state legislature expels 2 of 3 Democrats over gun control protest after Nashville shooting

In an act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans expel two Democrats from the state legislature for their role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a school shooting in Nashville.

ABC News

Biden condemns Tennessee Republicans for ‘shocking’ move to expel Democrats who joined Nashville gun protest

President said decision was ‘without precedent’

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Tennessee GOP expels two of three Democrats who joined gun protests in wake of Nashville school shooting

‘It is no coincidence that the two youngest Black lawmakers in the state of Tennessee, and one of two women, are on trial today. That is not accidental. This is what happened when you lose democracy’

WEKU

Tennessee House votes to expel 2 of 3 Democratic members over gun protest

The Republican-led House voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson for participating in a protest on the floor of the House over gun laws. A motion to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson failed.

The Independent UK

Three Democrats get hero’s welcome at noisy gun control protests in Tennessee capitol ahead of expulsion vote

In wake of the Nashville shooting, Tennessee lawmakers have avoided supporting any new gun laws

Al Jazeera

Tennessee Republicans vote on expelling Democrats for gun protest

Vote takes place days after deadly Nashville school shooting, with advocates calling possible ousting ‘undemocratic’.

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The Independent UK

GOP lawmakers consider expelling Democrats over gun protest

Tennessee’s GOP-dominated House is preparing to vote on whether to expel three Democratic members for their role in a demonstration calling for gun control following the Nashville school shooting

Evening Standard

OPINION - Why London should aspire to be more Nashville

it’s not to say I felt like I was walking the plank exactly but last week I stepped aboard a flight to Nashville and did wonder if it was an entirely prudent move. Anxiety crunched like heavy gravel in my stomach as I wearily eyed my colleague Josh Barrie across…

Chicago Tribune

Nashville cop recalls role taking down school shooter: ‘Call it fate or God or whatever’

Metropolitan Nashville police Officer Rex Engelbert believed March 27 would be an average day at work, but by that afternoon, he had been declared a hero.

The Independent UK

Shooting plans, suicide note and school yearbooks seized from home of Nashville suspect Audrey Hale

Police earlier said the Nashville shooter had ‘acted totally alone’

Wales Online

Win tickets to see Kings of Leon in Wrexham

The Nashville rockers will play two gigs at Wrexham AFC stadium The Racecourse Ground in May, supported by Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones’ new band Far From Saints - and we’ve got a pair of tickets to give away

The Independent UK

Search warrant reveals everything seized from Nashville shooter Audrey Hale’s home

Police earlier said the Nashville shooter had ‘acted totally alone’

The Independent UK

Tennessee governor Bill Lee proposes $140m for armed guards after Nashville shooting but no gun reform

Governor’s proposals call for more security at schools

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