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Maya Yang

Ousted Tennessee lawmakers say move is ‘attempt to crucify democracy’

Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after their expulsion hearings at the Tennessee state capitol building in Nashville.
Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after their expulsion hearings at the Tennessee state capitol building in Nashville. Photograph: Laura Thompson/Shutterstock

Two Tennessee state lawmakers who were expelled from the legislature after partaking in a gun control protest inside the chamber to which they were elected have called the move an unprecedented act of political retaliation as well as an “attempt to crucify democracy”.

During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press on Easter Sunday, Justin Jones said his and Justin Pearson’s removals from the Tennessee house of representatives would “not go on unchallenged”.

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