Three Tennessee Democrats were stripped of their committee assignments on Monday and face possible expulsion from the legislature after they joined transgender and gun control activists who stormed the state capitol mere days after a transgender shooter murdered six people at a Nashville Christian school last week.
Reps. Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson face punishment for failing to uphold the General Assembly’s decorum requirements after they were captured on camera on March 30 encouraging a rowdy crowd surrounding the state house floor to scream, jeer, and taunt legislators with chants of “no action, no peace.” The noise continued until leaders on both sides of the political aisle were forced to halt legislative business and clear the galleries.
The attempted insurrection at our Capitol in Tennessee today sure appears to have been coordinated with Democrat reps who took over the floor. The rep with the megaphone, Justin Jones, has been arrested many times before for violence. The Democrats elected him anyways this year. pic.twitter.com/VwVE9z7h5b
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) March 30, 2023
Corporate media wrote off the tumult as a “peaceful protest.” Footage of the state house invasion, however, shows activists roughhousing the Tennessee Highway Patrol officers that rushed to protect the building and legislators, calling for “no peace,” and even honoring the transgender shooter who was killed by the police officers who responded to the Covenant School shooting scene.
There are violent clashes with police (that some are calling an insurrection) at the Tennessee
