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Two Expelled in Tennessee

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ABC News

Politics, Daily News, News

4.56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The Republican-led Tennessee House votes to expel two Democratic lawmakers for breaking decorum. The latest jobs report could be an indicator of things to come for the economy. And a bombshell report reveals that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas allegedly accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of luxury travel without disclosing it. Help Start Here win a Webby Award for Best News & Politics Podcast! Vote here: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2023/podcasts/individual-episodes/news-politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's Friday, April 7th. Two Democratic lawmakers expelled from Tennessee's legislature. We start here.

0:30.9

The lawmakers removed after rallying with protesters calling for gun reform.

0:35.5

A lynch mob assembled. Do not lynch me, but our democratic process.

0:39.9

The ouster marking the first partisan expulsion in the state's modern history.

0:44.4

The latest jobs report is coming. The Fed actually kind of wants to see the jobs market slowing down.

0:51.4

We'll unpack how the new numbers could affect efforts to tamp down on inflation.

0:56.2

And should Supreme Court justices accept free rides on private jets or superyots?

1:01.2

Some very clear apparent violations of ethics codes.

1:05.8

The shocking report claims Justice Clarence Thomas did just that.

1:11.9

From ABC News, this is Start Here. I'm Avery Harper.

1:20.5

Hey there, Brad's off today, but I've got you covered in the meantime.

1:27.1

After the shooting at a Nashville school killed six people, including three children,

1:32.1

three Democratic lawmakers joined protesters calling for stricter gun control.

1:39.2

Democratic representatives walked to the front of the house floor during last week's gun

1:43.7

process and pulled out a megaphone. In response, the Republican let house voted to

1:51.5

expel two of the three Democratic lawmakers for breaking decorum.

1:55.9

Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were removed.

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