Apparently one House Republican decided to split hairs and voted accordingly, and against his other Republican colleagues who voted against the white woman . But instead of accepting that was the reason, it’s easier for someone to have a collective mentality and call them racists.
Exactly, the mental health issues is the main problem, but you have to prevent these people from buying guns legally.
These kinds of "red flag laws" have been kicked around for several years, but have never been seriously considered in TN. Most reasonable gun enthusiasts would agree that background checks need to be more strictly enforced and taking firearms away from mentally unstable people is a good idea. BTW, it's already against federal law for users of illegal drugs to purchase, possess or own firearms; this law is rarely enforced.The Tennessee Protests are Having an Effect
Republican governor impliments certain gun control measures and asks legislature for more.
Tennessee governor calls for law removing guns from dangerous people
Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, signed an executive order strengthening gun background checks.www.politico.com
She has a legislative history of doing just that. Her old district and the new one she currently represents is mostly a blue collar area with a high percentage of black population. She is also well known in the area as a far left liberal and has been involved in Knox County politics for over ten years.
Just because the Republicans voted on a party line doesn't make it a racist vote. Johnson missed being ousted by one vote; one member changed his mind after her lawyer's statement and three abstained. The other two flagrantly broke numerous House rules and bragged about it. They have a sense of entitlement to break rules because of their race. That in itself is racism.
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That's right. A party line vote is not in itself a racist vote. What makes it a racist vote is what was voted on and the outcome.
So you and others say. But there is another opinion also being voiced these days, and it seems to have some credibility as shown by the expelled representatives being reinstated by citizens who obviously disagree with the Speaker and the expulsion vote.
That didn’t make it racist. These Democrats did something that wasn’t done in the 227 year history of the Tennessee House.
And the Republicans did something that has never before been done in the TN House. They welcomed back the two they expelled, just days after they expelled them. Funny how public sentiment has a way of changing things up. All of a sudden, they became non-racist and welcomed the black men back.
They were allowed to return because they were voted back by their councils and commission.
A gross violation of House rules committed by three House members.
How's that? Race is not a factor if justice is blind. They broke the rules and got the consequences they deserved. The fact that no Democrats voted against them because of their race and political party is a brazen display of political bias and racism on their part.
It should come as no surprise that the districts of these two representatives would send them back to their positions in spite of their antics. Once again, for them it's not about the rules that were broken - it's Democrats vs Republicans. What is surprising is that TN law apparently allows this override. Thus, the House rules have no means of enforcement. Hopefully the Speaker will refuse to assign these anarchists to any committees, or at best put them on the House and Grounds committee or one equally insignificant.
That would be so mean. Oh, and that would be like racist, like totally racist, like unquestionably racist, like as racist as it gets. You know, racist.
