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Tennessee's state legislature expels 2 of 3 Democrats over gun control protest after Nashville shooting

Justin Jones raises his fist on the floor of the Tennessee state legislature after being expelled. (AP Photo: George Walker IV)

In an act of political retaliation, Tennessee Republicans on Thursday expelled two Democrats from the state legislature for their role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville.

The banishment of representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson was a move the Tennessee House of Representatives has used only a handful times since the Civil War.

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