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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Tennessee votes to silence lawmaker who protested inaction on gun laws – again

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

History is repeating itself in Tennessee.

In April, state representative Justin Jones, an outspoken young Democrat from Nashville, was expelled from the legislature for speaking out with two fellow lawmakers alongside protesters against the Republican majority’s inaction on gun violence, following a devastating school shooting in March where three children were killed at a Christian elementary school.

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