Racist Chickens with their Heads Cut Off (with Rep. Gloria Johnson)
The Next Level
The Bulwark
4.9 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Tennessee House Rep. Gloria Johnson joins Tim to talk the insanity that's happened in her state's legislature over the past couple of weeks. She details why she and her Democratic colleagues, Reps. Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones, decided to take action after another school shooting in Nashville.
Along with reacting to the racism her Republican peers and the conservative media have shown in the aftermath, Rep. Johnson also gets into the dangerous legislation proposed by the GOP in her state, which will have serious consequences for abortion access and freedom of expression.
Watch Tim and Rep. Johnson record this episode live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpywzrLd_Z0
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the next level podcast I'm Tim Miller here for an exciting |
| 0:14.8 | Sunday show we're deciding to do something a little bit different we've been trying |
| 0:17.6 | to make these Sunday shows a little bit lighter fair brings people from |
| 0:21.3 | outside of politics. |
| 0:22.7 | But given the unbelievable news out of Tennessee, |
| 0:26.8 | with first the horrific shooting, |
| 0:28.5 | and then the expelling of two black state reps |
| 0:32.2 | from the House. |
| 0:33.4 | We decided we wanted to do something a little bit more on the news and we are so blessed |
| 0:36.8 | and lucky to have the third member of the Tennessee 3 State Rep Gloria Johnson |
| 0:41.8 | who survived the expulsion vote but is still very much you |
| 0:46.6 | know tied to the efforts in Tennessee to pass gun reform to push back against the |
| 0:51.1 | anti-democratic activities of the Republican supermajority in the State House. |
| 0:56.1 | It's a great conversation. |
| 0:57.3 | I hope you'll stick around for it and then we'll be back with you Wednesday for a regular |
| 1:01.2 | next level with JVL and Sarah. |
| 1:03.7 | So up next, Gloria Johnson, but first our friends at Asitung. Hey Oh, baby. |
| 1:13.0 | Hey! |
| 1:14.0 | Hey! |
| 1:15.0 | Love are morning |
| 1:18.0 | In the U.S. Hey! Representative Johnson, |
| 1:27.0 | thank you so much for doing this. |
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