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This is the political scene, and I'm David Remnick.

Just a month ago, we were riveted by a story about two lawmakers expelled from the state legislature in Tennessee.

Their offense wasn't corruption or criminal activity. They had dared to join a protest at the State House in favor of gun control just after the Nashville shooting at a Christian

school. And for that, the men who just began their terms in the legislature this year were thrown out.

I don't personally want attention.

What I want is attention on the issue of gun violence.

But instead, we're here with the resolution you put up talking about expelling me for advocating

for ending gun violence in the state of Tennessee.

But those young men are not the only Democrats being targeted by the Republican colleagues.

Just weeks later, Representative Zoe Zephyr of Montana

was barred from the House chamber for the remainder of the session

after making a speech against a trans health care ban. In Arizona,

Wisconsin, and North Carolina, state legislatures have tried to strip powers from state officials

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