They called it a protest for gun control.

Their Republican colleagues called it breaking the rules of decorum the lead starts right

now.

Debates and voting underway right now as Tennessee State House Republicans try to expel three

State House Democrats.

They protested on the State House floor in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.

But should they really be kicked out of office?

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Welcome to the lead-upjick tapper and we start in our national lead any moment now.

The Republican-controlled Tennessee State House will be voting on whether to expel three

State House Democratic lawmakers.

This is after those three lawmakers joined protests calling for gun reform, which disrupted

activity on the State House floor.

They engaged in behavior that Republicans are calling disorderly.

Right now each Democratic lawmaker is being given a chance to defend him or herself.

Here is one of the lawmakers, State Representative Justin Jones speaking in his own defense just

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