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      Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson hugs Sarah Shoop Neumann, a Covenant School parent,

      'Vote Them Out': ​Tennessee GOP Ends Special Session Without Major Gun Reforms

      "The biggest consequence from this whole session is the embarrassment of the General Assembly through offensive measures used to keep people out of the building, silence members of the House, and eject grieving moms from committees," said one Democratic lawmaker.

      Jessica Corbett
      Aug 29, 2023

      The Tennessee General Assembly's special session on public safety ended Tuesday with weeping parents and chants of "vote them out" after the Republican-controlled Legislature refused to pass significant gun violence prevention measures.

      GOP Gov. Bill Lee called the special session earlier this month amid mounting demands for stricter state gun laws in the wake of a shooter killing three children and three adults at the Covenant School, a Christian elementary school in Nashville, in March.

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      'This Is the Authoritarianism We Are Fighting': Tennessee GOP Silences Justin Jones

      "The Capitol is surrounded by troopers. This does not look like a democratic body."

      Jake Johnson
      Aug 29, 2023

      Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones decried the "authoritarianism" of House Republicans on Monday after they voted to silence him for the remainder of the day's floor session, using newly enacted chamber rules aimed at shutting down members who are deemed out of order.

      The Tennessee House's GOP supermajority barred Jones (D-52)—a member of the so-called "Tennessee Three"—from speaking for the rest of Monday's special session after House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-25) ruled that the Democratic lawmaker violated the new rules.

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      Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones of Nashville speaks outside the state Capitol

      Justin Jones Pushes for No-Confidence Vote Against Tennessee's GOP House Speaker

      "It is clear that the house speaker, Cameron Sexton, is determined to continue leading our state down the path to failure, humiliation, and authoritarianism."

      Jake Johnson
      Aug 28, 2023

      Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones announced Monday that he will be calling for a vote of no confidence against Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton, pointing to multiple allegations of misuse of taxpayer dollars and the Republican's repeated attempts to smear gun violence protesters.

      "It is clear that the house speaker, Cameron Sexton, is determined to continue leading our state down the path to failure, humiliation, and authoritarianism," Jones (D-52) wrote in a letter to his Tennessee House colleagues as they prepared to resume a special session ostensibly aimed at generating a legislative response to the deadly shooting at Covenant School in Nashville earlier this year.

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