TN:House Speaker equates Nashville's peaceful protests against gun violence with Jan. 6 insurrection
The top Republican in Tennessee’s House called Thursday’s protests over gun violence at the Tennessee Capitol an “insurrection,” drawing comparisons to the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, made the comments during an appearance on the Hal Show on FM 98.7.
“A lot of (Democratic representatives) have been very vocal about what happened on Jan. 6,” Sexton said. “What they did today was at least equivalent, maybe worse, depending on how you look at it, of doing an insurrection in the capitol.”
House Democratic leaders on Friday said Sexton is trying to “change the narrative” and demanded Republicans issue an apology for referring to parents and children who went to the Capitol as “insurrectionists.”
More than a thousand people, including many teenagers, showed up to the Tennessee Capitol calling for lawmakers to address gun violence after six were killed — including three children — in a mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville.
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