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Tennessee GOP legislators play hardball, strip committee assignments and may expel ‘insurrection’ Dems from state legislature
American Thinker ^ | 04/05/2023 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 04/05/2023 5:58:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Most people know that it’s dangerous to poke a bear because once aroused, the beast can be fearsome. Democrats are only beginning to realize that the same principle is starting to hold true for elephants of the GOP variety. After decades of passively adhering to gentlemanly standards (“our sacred norms”) ignored in practice by the donkeys, a critical mass of Republicans is move toward eye-for-an-eye style retribution and even beyond.

Republican members of the Tennessee House on Monday the process of disciplining 3 Democrat state legislators for misbehavior during a storming of the State Capitol by trans and anti-gun activists last week in the wake of the slaughter of 3 children and 3 adults by a person identifying as trans.

It was a violent mob action that, had Republicans been responsible for, would have been labeled an insurrection. But the corrupt national media establishment barely noted the incident and certainly made no comparison to Jan. 6.

The Nashville Tennessean described the Monday proceedings:

Yells rang out through the state Capitol as Tennessee House Republicans on Monday introduced resolutions to expel three Democrats for "disorderly behavior" after the trio led protest chants for gun reform on the floor of the chamber last week in the wake of the deadly Covenant School shooting.

On Thursday, the three House Democrats approached the podium between bills without being recognized to speak, a breach of chamber rules. With a bullhorn, Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis led protestors in the galleries in several chants demanding gun reform.

House leadership later likened the trio's behavior to an "insurrection," a characterization House Democrats decried last week.

The expulsion resolutions claim the three "did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives through their individual and collective actions."


(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: banglist; democrats; expulsion; legisture; tennessee
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1 posted on 04/05/2023 5:58:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Give me a break.

No way in hell will they be expelled over this.


2 posted on 04/05/2023 6:01:43 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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To: SeekAndFind

About time somebody on the Right learned how to play the game


3 posted on 04/05/2023 6:02:26 AM PDT by digger48
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To: digger48

Payback is a Hillary Dems- New rules


4 posted on 04/05/2023 6:04:22 AM PDT by slapshot ( - Get woke go broke-)
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To: SeekAndFind

NO MORE RINO ‘PLAYING NICE’ it’s always a one way street with leftists


5 posted on 04/05/2023 6:04:42 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: digger48
About time somebody on the Right learned how to play the game

If only we could get more to join in on the fun.

6 posted on 04/05/2023 6:07:56 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: SeekAndFind
"it’s dangerous to poke a bear because once aroused, the beast can be fearsome. Democrats are only beginning to realize that the same principle is starting to hold true for elephants of the GOP variety."

Oh, that's funny.! :)

7 posted on 04/05/2023 6:11:42 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: SeekAndFind
"it’s dangerous to poke a bear because once aroused, the beast can be fearsome. Democrats are only beginning to realize that the same principle is starting to hold true for elephants of the GOP variety."

Oh, that's funny.! :)

9 posted on 04/05/2023 6:12:56 AM PDT by unread ("It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required." W. Churchill.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Strongly worded censure incoming in 3, 2, 1...


10 posted on 04/05/2023 6:13:40 AM PDT by Codeflier (My voting days are over. Let it burn...give the people what they want good and hard.)
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To: SeekAndFind

***after the trio led protest chants for gun reform ***

Three black Democrats demanding a return to the equivalent of Jim Crow Laws for everyone.


12 posted on 04/05/2023 6:23:36 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: ping jockey

“There is a reason TN has NO INCOME TAX..”

And that is due to our famous, illustrious, sorely missed
Phil Valentine. RIP.

Still miss that man every day.


13 posted on 04/05/2023 6:26:00 AM PDT by murrie (Mark Levin: Prosecuting stupidity nightly.)
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To: ping jockey

Actually my post was aimed more at the headline writer. I paused after tapping it out on my tablet and was about to delete it and move on but a finger must have strayed too close to the “post” box and voila, it was out there. lol
So, even though I agree with what I said, I’d rather I didn’t post it.
Such is life.


14 posted on 04/05/2023 6:33:42 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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To: SeekAndFind
"Tennessee GOP legislators play hardball, strip committee assignments and may expel ‘insurrection’ Dems from state legislature"

Tennessee repealed its treason law, leaving the only punishment for conviction of treason to be loss of voting rights.

15 posted on 04/05/2023 6:39:05 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: SeekAndFind

4 states the Tranny Mafia attacked the State Capitol building and Dems joined in, they will get a slap on the wrist. TN 79 yr old LT GOV (RINO) had tranny post, encouraging them, despite the citizen’s call for him to be expelled, all he got was a slap on the wrist. https://www.wsmv.com/2023/03/16/tennessee-lawmaker-calls-lt-gov-mcnally-resign-after-perverted-social-media-activity/


17 posted on 04/05/2023 6:44:43 AM PDT by GailA (Constitution vs evil Treasonous political Apparatchiks, Constitutional Conservative.)
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To: ping jockey
Interesting panel at a chapter meeting of Tennessee Stands in the Tri-Cities last night: locals heard from 'transplants' about WHY they moved to Tennessee, and what progressive trends they needed to watch for here. One man mentioned the oft-repeated belief that locals would often bitch about Californians moving to Tennessee, and that Tennesseans didn't need them stinking up the state. He had a very interesting response: 'We are NOT invaders; we are REINFORCEMENTS!'

Amen! My wife and I moved here from 'up north', and we are far more conservative than others locals in East Tennessee. There are OTHER 'Californian Tennesseeans' here at FR, and they should be welcomed with OPEN ARMS as allies.

18 posted on 04/05/2023 6:55:24 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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To: ping jockey

That’s the motivation the ‘smart growth’ crowd is using in the Tri-City/Mountain region: MONEY...and the locals are buying right into it.


20 posted on 04/05/2023 8:45:58 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...siameserescue.org)
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