Politics

Tennessee GOP Lawmaker Once Called Expelled Rep a ‘Baboon’: Report

PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR

A POLITICO report has detailed numerous incidents of casual racism in the Republican-controlled Tennessee legislature.

Representative Justin Pearson gestures ahead of an address by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris at Fisk Memorial Chapel a day after the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic members.
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Many were shocked when the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives voted Thursday to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both of whom are Black, while not voting to oust their white colleague.

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