Tennessee Republican lawmakers have taken the first steps to expel three Democratic members from the GOP-dominant House for their role in a recent gun control protest at the state Capitol. Resolutions were filed Monday against Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. They led chants from the House floor with supporters in the gallery last Thursday. The resolution declared the three had participated in “disorderly behavior” and “did knowingly and intentionally bring disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives.” Expelling lawmakers is an extraordinary action inside the Tennessee Capitol. Just two other House members have ever been ousted from the chamber since the Civil War.
The term to apply here is “fascist.” I know, I know, it gets over used, (mostly by the fascists, themselves), but this is outrageous. They may vote to throw these lawmakers out… but be sure and put a pin in that, because we’re going to circle back to this a few years, hence. History moves in only one direction.