Reinstated Tennessee St. Rep. Justin Jones says statehouse speaker Cameron Sexton ‘must resign for his attacks on democracy’

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🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut moments after Justin Jones officially returned to the Tennessee House of Representatives. The apparent attempt at humiliation of many leaders that state's GOP including pro-gun Republicans, leading to the expulsion of Jones for daring to speak up for gun control, is now null and void. Justin Pearson, who was also expelled after speaking up against gun violence, is reportedly not far behind in terms of reinstatement. Reinstated Tennessee St. Rep. Justin Jones, speaking with Joy Reid via our guest on the ground at the Tennessee Capitol, the Rev. Mark Thompson, tells The ReidOut that statehouse speaker Cameron Sexton, “must resign for his attacks on democracy.” Plus, we have the latest in the the showdown over the abortion pill, as a right-wing activist judge wants to prevent all access to abortion medication, while Republican politicians scramble to try get everyone to, "talk about other things." Rep. Jasmine Crockett joins us on this GOP hypocrisy. Finally, Donald Trump claims to be a billionaire, but is still asking supporters to give him small donations of approximately 20 dollars, in a manner similar to a televangelist, Joy Reid observes. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on The Readout,
0:07.0	by the Constitution of this state.
0:11.0	Just moments ago, Justin Jones officially returned to the Tennessee House of Representatives,
0:24.6	the useless humiliation of that state by pro-gun Republicans is now complete.
0:30.2	The expulsion of Jones for daring to speak up for gun control is now null and void,
0:35.4	and Justin Pearson isn't far behind.
0:38.2	Plus the showdown over the abortion pill, a right-wing activist judge wants to prevent
0:42.9	all access to abortion medication as Republican politicians scramble to try to get everyone
0:49.2	to, quote, talk about other things.
0:52.1	Plus, Donald Trump claims to be a billionaire, but he's still asking y'all to give him
0:56.9	your last $20, like some creepy combination of coat leader and televanjalous.
1:06.5	And we begin tonight with thoughts and prayers, perhaps the most useless phrase in the English
1:11.9	language, as we report on yet another mass shooting in America, the mass shooting capital
1:17.1	of the world.
1:18.8	Only this morning a 23-year-old bank employee armed with a rifle walked into old national
1:24.5	bank in Louisville, Kentucky and shot four people dead, wounding nine others before police
1:29.6	shot and killed him.
1:31.8	Kentucky governor Andy Bashir held back tears as he told reporters that one of the victims
1:36.3	was a close friend of his.
1:38.6	That was just the most recent shooting.
1:40.4	We saw a string of mass shootings over the weekend from South Carolina to Louisiana to
1:44.9	Texas.
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