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[EarlG]

Tennessee House Expels 2 Democrats Over Gun Reform Protest

Former lawmaker says Rep. David Byrd admitted to being 'ashamed' of his past, but forgiven by God (2019)

Speaker Sexton won't move forward in expulsion of Rep. David Byrd (2019)

[niyad]

1. Disgusted KNR.

[ck4829]

2. It's time to call the legitimacy of Tennessee's government into question

[evolves]

13. Blue Tennessee would LOVE to do that,

but how exactly do we go about it? The pukes have a supermajority and the governor's mansion, so they do as they please.

[TNNurse]

18. Exactly

There are so many here who would vote for ANYONE with a R on the ballot. And they clearly have done that.

[malaise]

3. Racist hypocrites

Shocked?
NOT!

[Rebl2]

11. Exactly

[progressoid]

4. They aren't even bothering to hide their bigotry and hypocrisy anymore.

[dalton99a]

6. They don't care because their voters don't care.

In fact, bigotry and hypocrisy are Republican virtues

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Great example of CRT.

[Jrose]

8. The Magapublican Way

To most Magapublicans, Jan.6.21 was a peaceful, patriotic protest. It consisted of nearly all- White men.
To Tenn. Magapublicans, a peaceful protest against gun violence is considered an 'insurrection'. The most prominent leaders of the protest are two Black men and a woman. The two Black men are expelled.

The three main creeds of Magapublicanism have now been blatantly displayed in one sweep:
Racism.
Support of Gun Violence.
Opposition to democracy and civil rights.

[KS Toronado]

10. I was shocked when they called the 3 an insurrection

immediately thought of Jan 6th, MagaQublicans sure have a lot of double standards.

[Dale in Laurel MD]

9. And there's no better place for them!

nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. K&R

[IronLionZion]

14. Nice of God to forgive him

but there should still be some criminal charges for that creep if he's guilty.

[keithbvadu2]

31. "if"... Innocent does not need forgiveness.

Innocent does not need forgiveness.

[TeamProg]

15. Awesome! K&R

[onecaliberal]

16. Sadly not shocking.

[Crowman2009]

17. Not surprising since the GOPers, NRA, militia nuts and Q'ackers made a child rapist David Koresh...

...into a saint.

[live love laugh]

19. Mississippi is doing similar or worse. They're desperate.

[Roland99]

20. Kick

[dchill]

21. Priorities trumpeted.

[Jrose]

22. Has DjT set up a full page newspaper ad for the 'Nashville Two' to be executed?!

[ShazzieB]

23. I could not be more disgusted if I tried.

Especially since they kicked out ONLY the two black men. They might as well fly a Nazi flag ofer the state house and take down the U.S. flag.

[WhatTheFlux]

24. Everybody sing!

One of these things is not like the other...

[Jokerman]

25. I can't find this on Facebook.

The share link just takes me to the DU page and this isn't there.

Could be user error...

[calimary]

26. Republicans: "Justice for thee but not for me."

[Red Pest]

27. Hypocrisy to the max - worried about drag queens reading books, but real child molesters...?

The Republican Party has become a collection of full-on bigots, liars, and fascists. They attack drag queens reading books to kids as groomers, but when one of their own says he was forgiven by God for his molesting of teenage girls, that's just fine. After all, he's just a good ol' boy.

But then there is the ultimate violation of the Tennessee way - be a black man working for change. Do that and you are out.

[republianmushroom]

28. Nailed it

[Wishful-Thinking]

29. They will be sorry - they have teed up the next MLK

After listening to the speeches both of the ousted representative gave, especially Justin Pearson, I am hopeful for our future and that there will be a way through this to good. Hopefully they are reappointed, or if not, reelected. Hopefully the court will find this to be the travesty it is. Remember the words of Admiral Yamamoto: “ I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

Joy Reid and Lawrence O’Donnell agreed last night that they had advanced onto the national stage a decade or more earlier than they would have had this not happened. These are the people we need…the age, the energy, the beliefs, the courage.

I, for one, would donate for either of these two bright and articulate young men to run for the U.S. House of Representatives—- put them up next to any one of those who voted to oust them and I think you would see a one sided debate.

And all this from a 76 year old white woman….keep up the good fight all!

[Cyrano]

30. Seems TN is just practicing some sick version of "Southern Hospitality."

[spanone]

32. My state is a maga shithole.

Disgusting.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

33. Is it wrong to despise despicable people and their despicable actions?

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

34. Crappy meme

The sentiment is fine but it's too jumbled and busy.

Memes work best with pithy verbiage. Here's an example of how to get that one down to size:

Today's TN GQP:

Protest gun violence: Expelled

Pedophile: Not Expelled

Says the same thing, and more eye-catching.