Tonight on the Readout.

At a week after a mass shooting played our community, the most direct action this

legislator body takes, or shall I say my colleagues on the other side of the hour

taking is expel us for speaking about the issues of weapons of war on our streets.

As protests raged outside the Tennessee House chamber Republicans carry out their

despicable act of expelling that democratic legislator who wanted nothing more

than to protect children from being murdered at school.

Something Republicans refuse to do.

Now, expelled state representative Justin Jones, who you just saw, joins me moments from now.

And we begin tonight with an unprecedented and frankly shameful day in American politics.

The Tennessee House took up resolutions to expel three democratic lawmakers, not for breaking any laws mind you.

They moved to expel these members for standing in the well of the chamber despite being ruled out of order by the speaker

and attempting to speak loudly against gun violence and against children being shot dead in schools.

Something that literally just happened weeks ago in Nashville.

These three members were standing in alliance with gun reform supporters including hundreds of students

who packed the gallery, hoping, hoping and praying that the legislature would take up a gun reform plan.

Instead, this was the plan to expel the members who stood up for gun reform.

One state representative Justin Jones was expelled this afternoon.

While late today state representative Gloria Johnson survived expulsion by one vote.

A third lawmaker Justin Pearson still faces a vote at this hour.

Republicans likened the actions of these three lawmakers to the January 6th insurrectionists.

Here are the three Democrats arriving at the Tennessee Capitol this morning.

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