⚠️ Via Sherrilyn Ifill:
This is a VERY SERIOUS situation unfolding in #Nashville. Reps who stood w/their constituents who came to state house to demand #guns safety are facing expulsion from the House. Their Member ID badges have already been turned off. This is how #democracy ends.
Olivia Julianna:
...The Tenn. legis is planning to expel lawmakers who stood w gun control advocates today.
They've been stripped from committee assignments & their member ID’s shut off
THIS IS NOT DEMOCRACY.
2/ Here's the video that was in Olivia's tweet:
https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1642954880179380225/pu/vid/720x1280/1jexKL1GxAqxlObr.mp4?tag=12
@GottaLaff you're overstating what's happening. Two Legislators are being sanctioned for taking part in protests inside the capitol that disrupted business. Their behavior was anti-democratic almost as much as the 1/6 rioters. It's a difference of degree, not kind.
There's a right way to do things and a wrong way. When you're an elected representative of the people you have to play by certain rules. Rules everyone has to follow.
@captainsmartass I overstated nothing. Quotation marks mean someone else made a comment, not me.
I took note and was alarmed and disagree with your reply. Thanks for the chat. Bye.
@GottaLaff @captainsmartass You didn't use quotation marks.
@LouisIngenthron Oh wow, you got me. Instead I attributed the quotes to the person who said them, used a colon, and copied/pasted their words verbatim. Give me a break Bye now. @captainsmartass