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Sauce: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/tennessee-house-expels-one-dem-over-gun-protest-targets-two-more-00090908
Apr 8, 2023 1:23 AM
glorytoyouandyourpost
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Sauce: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/tennessee-house-expels-one-dem-over-gun-protest-targets-two-more-00090908
ZtZebaztian
Could it just be that the two black guys were Freshmen while the woman had been there for longer?
miked854
They did *SPIRIT FINGERS*. Jazz is for coloreds.
Harbltron
Classic GOP priorities; ignore the dead children and focus on the black legislators, the real problem.
Strategicgnomer
"for speaking out of turn" GOP: "These uppity n*****s..." What a fucking disgrace to humanity.
HeyOP
https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/us/tennessee-democrat-house-representatives-expelled-friday/index.html
Autittuderp
Superdeeduper racist double underline and PROUD of it, they are.
slinkiisu
America needs a good set of riots again
HeyOP
Paywalled.
glorytoyouandyourpost
Good catch. Edited now with different sauce.
jamesedwardsheridan
It’s real in south texas
SophieClockwise
Tennessee Republicans celebrating after expelling two black men:
wanderleisantosf10
I know for a fact that on some hotel chains in Tennessee you can get a discount if you're a member of the KKK. So, no surprise there.
herejusttopointouterrors
I'm not sure why this is surprising to anyone. Are there different levels of GQP racism? Nothing is shocking anymore. Thanks GQP.
eromitlab
TNGQP accidentally did a racism whilst doing a fascism
TheFastpaws
The GOP is full blown Nazi now. They don't care who knows or how they win. Only that they win at any cost. Everyone needs to fight back with everything they have and nothing is off the table when fighting Nazis.
spiderjohn36
And the GOP lawmakers who voted not to expel Johnson gave the lamest fucking reasons. We should mail every Tennessee GOP politician a fitted white robe and pointed hood.
Itsritinfruntuvu
As if they don't already have a closet full of them
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Nobody should be surprised. The fascisti aren't playing the same game that they were up until Obamas 2nd term, they aren't trying for the veneer of legitimacy any more, it's just a naked power grab. This kind of formal, visible bigotry establishes "cred" with their base. It's *on purpose*, and it's going to get worse.
Illinifan88
I think Tennessee is too red for them to see any repercussions for this, but I can't help but hope that this continues to push more and more moderates away from the republican party, allowing dems to expand their foothold in more purple parts of the country.
rainman214
Moderates in the GOP is a small number I would guess, Few years ago it was probably more. But they knew what they had with Trump the second election and he still had a huge number of votes. And quite frankly they don't want much to do with the far far left of the Democrat party. So here we are both sides digging in.
Illinifan88
Of course you found a way to turn expelling two people from the TN general assembly because they're black into a "both sides" fever dream.
ljsivaCat
To be fair, It looked like the white women could beat the shit out of the whole rest of them.
hnngh
Marikhen
Hey now, conservatives should only be called cons after they've been properly "rewarded" by the jury.
BobQuid
What do you expect in Tennessee? Everyone’s acting like it’s a first world country.
TheobromineAddict
I gotta point out that the White woman showed up with a lawyer who pointed out some legal flaws in the bill to expel her. The black politicians did not show up with lawyers. Result, blacks expelled, whites retained. I actually don't know the details, but I suspect the same flaws that saved the white woman also existed in the bills to expel the blacks.
AuntieCoddswaddle
They were all doing the same thing so why would the rules and questions equally? This is backfilling.
rudejohn
If you and I get a bullshit ticket for running the same red light and I show up to court to fight it and you don't, mine can get thrown out while you have to pay yours.
TheobromineAddict
Statement:
Se7entwo
The south is America's cancer. The only good thing about the south is their food, and a majority of said food was created by minorities/slaves. Beyond that, the south has no redeeming qualities.
INeverWaitForIt
Let's try to remember that even in the reddest of red states in the south, there's still a good 40% who come out regularly and vote democrat. Hell, Georgia managed to go purple even with the heavy, heavy gerrymandering. Yes, it sucks that the south has fucked up politics, but those fucked up governments and reps are also holding a large segment of their populace hostage.
GaySocialistLiberalMuslimCommieAtheist
That doesn't render the other statement false. In fact, it proves it even more. The south is a horrid place. So is any republican held area at this point. "We want all the perks of government but none of the downsides like taxes, oh also make sure to oppress people we don't like." Is the entirety of republican ideology.
Preincarnated
Same. I thought they were all 3 gone for sure. When it was just the two black men and the white woman stayed? It was a new low. Such naked bigotry. But they did it because they know--no matter how obvious it was--they'll get away with it. Even now it doesn't feel like the rage is at the level it should be. If the streets of Nashville aren't full of a 100,000 protestors surrounding the capitol building tomorrow...it'll show we still aren't mad enough.
cacuin
How about Mississippi Gov signing law into place banning teaching of black history while also extending the practice of Confederacy Heritage month? I think that's pretty high up there on the Racist scale.
drduffer
The thing that’s remarkable to me is the entire body of work the Republicans seem to be creating. Just when I think that they couldn’t possibly get even more fascist/racist/oppressive, they pick the shovel back up and dig in a little deeper. They’re on their way down to the depths of political Hell and they don’t even see it.
Eleshar24
You really are naïve r don't know what fascism/nazism is. This is just a taste what they have in store for you when they remove all opposition.
icanseethefnords
That isnt even the scary part. The most frightening aspect of this is that THERES FUCKING PEOPLE VOTING FOR THEM.
flounder35
Ignoring the insane racism for a second. This stunt of expelling them is gonna cost a ton for the special elections. Just to have them be reelected. Good job party of financial conservatism. You played yourself. Side note can we vote out both Blackbern and the other asshole that represents Tennessee in the senate.
faultysage
No special elections. In both cases local councils just name replacements. Likely both will be named to their vacant seats so nothing will change.
flounder35
Ah thank you.
DireSickFish
I don't think they care about wasting taxpayer money.
RetrogradeLlama
There's no longer a "quiet part" that they don't say out loud in the GQP.
CosplayComet
You only need a quiet part if you fear repercussions or backlash. The current GOP does what they want, because no one is stopping them.
blahdeeblahnonamesleft
Well, I think I agree with the general sentiment, but they've been losing red strongholds for like 5 years now...
TheChunguskaEvent
and their voters often reward them for saying the quiet part as loudly as possible
dingleberrysauce
"they say what they mean! They're honest!"
CosplayComet
Loud, ignorant, and hateful. It's the GOP way.
LowTinaTurner
Makes them feel relieved. "Hey we can now say the N word freely, be ourselves! We can act like an animal and it's God's work or nature's instincts". Trump and the GOP have made it not only ok, but prideful to be a racist scumbag.
Galfronon
That 36° 30' line is a hell of a border.
beerkrump
Really? Racism can't go north of the Mason-Dixon line? Go to Ohio, Wisconsin, the Dakotas, Northern Idaho, or Eastern Oregon. Idiocy and evil are pervasive.
greentights
It's a rural vs urban thing more. If you interact with people that don't look like you on a regular basis, you realize everyone is a person. It's really damn frustrating to go to the suburbs & deal with constant low key racism & looks. Yet another minority tax is that living outside major metropolitan areas (which tend to be expensive) leads to this constant extra anxiety (chronic actually causes physical issues) or if you're really unlucky, jail or death.
zebrasally3
Let me assure you there are racist people in western Oregon and southern Idaho. Unless you’re saying racism can’t go west of the Cascades? Or south of McCall?
DonMc
As a liberal Idahoan I can confirm racism is prevalent. In the town of Kuna there's a place called Kuna Kave Kids. A daycare for children. Not far from our capital. And nobody has protested against the not so subtle name.
DeformedBalls
Seems like a stretch I guess. Had to read this a few times to realize what could be wrong with it. Unless I’m just racist..?
DonMc
No, the fact that you can't immediately see the three Ks in a comment about racism leads me to doubt your cognitive abilities. It was intentional in small town Idaho, and accepted by the community.
DeformedBalls
Kuna sounds like the name of a bear or something
friendsofsandwiches
really hoping this is pissing off young people.
davemymindisgoingicanfeelit
really hope this pisses them off enough to *actually* vote
zenmaster11
The Twitter warriors need to get off the couch and protest
EhtDeFu
I wonder who feeds and shelters the protestors, or is there an organized protesting union? Like i hear this whistleblowers kids been kidnapped/arrested over some anti-police crap said in some snapchat group and i want to throw my pitchfork in with the rest... but im a world away and spending almost my entire monthly income on my rent. Thoughts and prayers are all i have. I guess i could work more hours but if im honest if theres more money in my pocket ill just buy panda and jjs instead of cook
mmorgan1381
Yeah, I'd say they aren't happy. https://twitter.com/Victorshi2020/status/1644089064923222019?t=EdObIdj8TwHhKrmDaYKDcg&s=01
Waidonut
I want it to piss of ALL people, because we can't rely on the young to fight all our fights. They need to live as well
friendsofsandwiches
All the old people are set in their ways, and as they get older, slowly turn republican.
HeywouldJablowme
They were already pissed off. They peacefully "stormed" the capital to protest. And conservatives had the unmitigated gall to call THAT an insurrection, but January 6th was a peaceful tour through the capitol. I can't begin to convey how much I despise the Republican Party.
HeywouldJablowme
"If hate were people, I'd be China." - City Slickers
TheobromineAddict
Hey, I'm pissed off and I'm as old as 3½ young people laid end-to-end.
TheSilverSeraph
So you are about 20 feet old?
morninggloryshade777
It sb passing us all off royally. Cuz stopping these racists & fascists will take major collective effort!!!
EhtDeFu
I hear they walked out the other day over dying tryin to go to school. Are they still on that? Or did we get any reform? I heard the french are on it about a forced increase in retirement age, i wonder how thats goin? Someone killed someone else for not wearing correct headdress and it looked for a minute like they might topple the government. I see hopeful videos of 🇺🇦 resisting. I think the bell riots are here
req4adream99
They walked out after Sandy Hook. And Uvalde. And Newtown. Repubs don’t care (they’ve literally said as much) and Dems don’t have the backbone to push.
VonZinzer
Only 18 months early... timeline's still pretty stable I guess.
DrHenryGrabow
There's another protest planned for Monday (4/10) down at the TN state capital. We will know then. My gut says this will lead TN into a more purple hue. Fingers crossed of course
MorrighanWolf
lol better be a armed one. Pigs are gonna attack it.
adrianenspired
it's actually a good thing - basically guarantees they'll have no workable defense for the lawsuit.
Ffudmethen
Did you forget about uncle Clarence and his hate for his own race?
SlightlyDodgy
He is a hypocrite and a slave. He is slave to the whites as a puppet. He is paid off to make I'm believe he is better than other blacks.
chencking
Unfortunately, there was a similar case in Florida. DeSantis fired an elected DA. The courts ruled out was illegal but they did not have the power to reinstate the DA or punish DeSantis.
chencking
This would probably end the same way.
jonReremy9669
the best defense was the fact that that house did not, years ago, expel a white guy who took a piss in the seat, or chair, of another member. but i dont think it was actually in that chamber, but an office or some other type of room. but i may be wrong it could have been in that same chamber
Ch3mis7
Silver linings I guess
florpglorp
Not banning the woman is probably the defence "look we didnt ban ALL the democrats we kept the civil white one"
EBlade19889
Look at this commenter. They still have hope. They still believe in a better system. It's cute
AllGloryToTheDarkLord
The lawsuit with the far-right judge?
Wrinkle666
The problem arises the case would be tried in Tenessee .
morninggloryshade777
Love this response:)
zenmaster11
You must not know many asshole republicans
abion47
"Did you expel the two black Democrat legislators?" "I don't recall."
vonHoopla
He must not know AMERICA
Comet260
It was founded on/with racism.
thundercactus
I believe this relies on the assumption that the justice department is interested in doing its actual job
DaffydeDick
I concur. And, Biden commenting about this racism soon.
Fargus57
I doubt the DoJ will get involved at all. It's a state level issue and Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution may not apply.
Rivenhelper
Iirc there's a precedent for something like this happening before and getting reversed because it's a 1A violation
Fargus57
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't feel 1A would apply here. This is a state legislature internal action regarding perceived decorum violations. They'll just argue that it wasn't about what the representatives were saying, but about how they went about saying it. In that light, they were expelled because they violated conduct rules. Good luck fighting that in court. See ya in a few years (if a judge would even approve the case). Easier for them to run again, which is what they plan on doing.
PrincessBatCat
Bold of you to assume people still abide by the Constitution these days. Just look at Florida.
Fargus57
Assume what? Article IV is really the only basis for the DoJ to investigate and I don't think the DoJ would think it sufficiently applicable. Given SCOTUS leaning heavily towards states' rights, I doubt Garland would choose to wade into such murky waters at this time with everything else the DoJ has going on.
ImHereToGetDownvotes
Pretty sure that Federal law prevents racism. The shit in TN was 100% about racism.
Fargus57
Pretty sure the DoJ would have a tough time proving beyond a reasonable doubt to a court that the state reps acted with concerted racism. Sure, it may seem obvious, but proving it legally is an entirely different matter. We'll see, but I'm willing to bet the DoJ declines to pursue any investigation on it and the current SCOTUS would likely consider it a 'states' rights' issue and not something that can be pursued at the federal level.
martineb72
What lawsuit? As horrible as that is, I am not sure that they broke any laws or even breached any constitutional rights. I would love to wrong.
AngurProne
I think that I read that they did nothing *legally wrong, per TN constitution*. Morally it's looking extra fucked up.
putcleverusernamehere
You just described gerrymandering, voter suppression....
zafner
Oh my god, I love to wrong too
victell
wronging just feels right sometimes.
ThatShiftyMonkey
Sometime wrong wrong make right.
martineb72
Sorry. I missed putting 'to be wrong' in there.
TeeweeAndSmashboy
I would love to to be wrong wrong.
AngurProne
Oh shit! Let me educate you on how. 1. When someone says they don't understand something, explain it. People LOVE that. 2. When they ask an ambiguous question, answer the least likely part. 3. Shit. I'm some Autistic. Ignore my advice. <^>(O-o)<^>
zafner
You good
Zreen
Until it reaches scotus by which point that type of racism becomes legal again
heywoodjabme
Fortunately the Scotia has strong black voices like Clarence Thomas on it. /s
server1a
LOL. I appreciate this.
Malcondrion
Voting has consequences. If young people vote we can keep pushing left.
Zreen
And that affects scotus in the next 20 years how?
zFUBARz
Supreme court CAN (and probably should) be expanded, Biden doesn't seem interested, but he's old as fuck and won't be around forever.
PaintedSlate
It's politically dicey is why. We'll see how that goes over the next several years.
KirchoffsVoltageLaw
He would expand it if the house and Senate weren't republican controlled. The senate is only 3 seats away from becoming republican
Malcondrion
People die. It happens all the time
Macewindow54
Look violence is bad. .. and ... Uhhh . Never solved .... You know what forget I'm here
Zreen
The wrong ones tend to die the most often. The innocent. The young. The activists. While the old and vile use what power they have to extend their cruelties.