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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Joe Biden speaks with Tennessee lawmakers ousted by GOP officials in ‘undemocratic and unprecedented attack’

REUTERS

President Joe Biden spoke via conference call with three Democratic lawmakers from Tennessee who were targeted for removal from the state’s House of Representatives by Republican members after joining protests demanding urgent gun reform in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at a Nashville school.

The state’s GOP-controlled House voted to remove state Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson on 6 April. State Rep Gloria Johnson was spared by one vote.

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