A Democratic State Rep. in Tennessee was voted out of office by Republican lawmakers on Thursday, as the state GOP moves to punish him and two other Dem. lawmakers for participating in a gun-control protest on the House floor.
Rep. Justin Jones was expelled from the legislature in a 72-25 vote. A vote to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson failed to pass despite GOP supermajority control of the chamber. A third vote to decide the fate of Rep. Justin is expected later this afternoon.
During their protest last week, Jones, Johnson, and Pearson joined in on several chants calling for gun reform. The trio also spoke at the House podium between bills without having been recognized to speak, thus breaking the chamber rules. The protest was motivated by a mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, which left three children and three adults dead.
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