Posted on 02/02/2022 10:26:43 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Republican-led Tennessee Senate voted Wednesday to remove Democratic Sen. Katrina Robinson from office because of her recent wire fraud conviction, the first time the chamber has removed a senator since at least the Civil War. She angrily denounced her expulsion as a “procedural lynching.”
The criminal case against Robinson, a Memphis lawmaker, involves federal grant money at a school for health care school workers she operated in the city before she was elected to the Senate.
Robinson, who is Black, argued before the 27-5 vote to expel her that she had been unfairly judged by the white-majority chamber. She called it a “procedural lynching,” prompting cheers of support that the Republican speaker gaveled down. Some of her supporters in the gallery were in tears.
Sen. John Stevens, a Republican from Huntington, said Robinson had been judged in a courtroom by her fellow citizens.
“They determined she violated a criminal statute. A federal judge did not disagree with that determination. How can we demand that citizens respect the integrity and reputation of the Senate if we disrespect them by ignoring their determinations?”
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Takes guts to cut loose a black woman criminal in today’s America.
The “Oath Of Office” is apparently just a joke to politicians.
“I feel beat up standing in front of you guys.” How can they afford to lose such an eloquent lawmaker is beyond me
Lock her up!!
It’s the love of money that gets them.
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Robinson, who is Black, argued before the 27-5 vote to expel her that she had been unfairly judged by the white-majority chamber. She called it a “procedural lynching,”
When everything is racist, nothing is racist.
Countdown before we hear from GWB calling it racist….
The word “Black” is capitalized, while “white” is not. Does this elevate one race over another?
The writer must be a racist.
I actually believe elected officials who steal taxpayer money should have heavier sentences than those who steal from other places. To think that a violation of public trust is not grounds to be perp walked from their position is ridiculous. Those crybabies in the gallery probably had their arms elbow deep in the cookie jar.
I’m sure her mainly black district will re-elect her again, so her absence is only temporary.
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