Fallout continues after the Tennessee State Legislature expels 2

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🗓️ 8 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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After joining a gun violence protest in the Capitol, two black lawmakers were expelled from the body. They have vowed to not give up. Meanwhile, a federal judge in Texas suspended the approval of the abortion pill – causing the Justice Department to file an appeal of the ruling. Senator Raphael Warnock, Symone Sanders, Tennessee State Rep. Harold Love, Barbara McQuade, Harry Smith, Kalhan Rosenblatt, Andrew Yang and Tim O’Brien join.

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0:00.0	Tonight nationwide outrage growing after two black members are expelled from the Tennessee
0:07.2	legislature and how this moment is so much bigger than Nashville.
0:12.5	Then that long awaited abortion pill ruling from a Texas judge is in what it means for
0:17.9	access across the country and what comes next.
0:21.2	And our Friday nightcap is here with other major stories of the week and their MVP's as
0:26.5	the 11th hour gets underway right now.
0:34.3	Good evening once again, I'm Stephanie Rule.
0:36.9	It is Friday and our nightcap is standing by to break down another historic news week.
0:42.6	So don't go anywhere, but we're going to start this broadcast again back in the city
0:47.2	of Nashville.
0:48.2	Where two black state lawmakers were expelled from the Tennessee legislature after peacefully
0:53.3	protesting against gun violence and house chamber.
0:56.6	But former state representative Justin Jones might not be former for long.
1:01.1	The majority of the Nashville City Council say they will vote to reinstate him until
1:05.6	a special election can be held.
1:07.7	The Tennessee expulsions have caused national outrage.
1:11.2	President Biden posted this photo of his virtual meeting with what were now known as the
1:15.7	Tennessee 3 earlier.
1:17.7	Vice President Harris called the situation undemocratic and dangerous and traveled to Nashville
1:22.8	today to meet with the expelled lawmakers.
1:25.4	Here's just some of what has been happening over the last 24 hours.
1:30.1	We called for you all to ban assault weapons and you respond with an assault on democracy.
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