It’s chaos at the Tennessee State Capitol building again as protesters are now storming the building to prevent the ousting of Democrat lawmakers who joined last week’s protest at the Capitol.
From Fox News:
The protesters, gathered both inside and outside the capitol in Nashville, chanted to urge the lawmakers to take action on gun control, as well as vote against expelling the three lawmakers from their positions in the House.
“No more silence, end gun violence,” those in attendance chanted. As lawmakers made their way into the chamber, several of the protesters donning March for Our Lives branded clothing chanted, “Free, free, free, free the Tennessee three.”
The protest comes after Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton, a Republican, said Wednesday that Democratic state Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson would have their chance for due process when they face expulsion from an overwhelmingly Republican majority for disrupting House floor proceedings to lead protesters in the overhead balcony last Thursday.
“I want to make sure everybody knows this has nothing to do about the protest outside the House chamber or the protests outside the Capitol,” Sexton told Fox News’ Bill Hemmer on Wednesday. “This is about these three members’ actions on the House floor, how they shut us down, and how they led protests from the House chamber to those [people] in the balcony.”
Sexton told Hemmer he will vote in favor of expelling the three Democrats behind the upheaval, arguing their actions rose to a level of misconduct that necessitates removal.
Footage from the scene is making the rounds on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/dc_draino/status/1643990857518055424?s=61&t=fNdwEEvTxrIakhd9GKn_LQ
More over at Fox News:
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