Ep. 785 - SHAME SHAME SHAME on the Tennessee Legislature

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

As you have no doubt heard by now, the state legislature in Tennessee, on a near party-line vote, decided to steal expel and remove 2 young Black legislators not just from the room, but from their elected office. It's an abomination. American democracy has always been more of an ideal and aspiration than a reality. But the covers were pulled off yesterday. And something that I have never seen in my lifetime happened. Today I want to shine a light on the bravery of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson and tell you what I think will happen next. Let me unpack and explain it. To listen to today’s FULL EPISODE of The Breakdown go now to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and search for “The Breakdown with Shaun King.” Subscribe there for FREE and listen to the whole podcast. If you are already on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please subscribe, listen, share, leave reviews, and listen daily to the entire episode. The more of it you listen to, the better it is for us. Love and appreciate you all. Shaun 8:21 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Since last week, we had been talking almost daily about what we thought was possible yesterday in Tennessee.
0:39.6	And the unthinkable happened.
0:42.2	In some ways, it was even worse yesterday than I anticipated.
0:46.6	Yesterday, the Tennessee State House, the state legislature,
0:52.4	expelled and removed two black state legislators
0:58.4	and kept one white woman legislator who protested right alongside the two young black men.
1:07.2	They removed from office.
1:08.8	They are no longer state legislators as of today.
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