Why Did These 5 Vote to Boot Black Tennessee Reps but Keep Their White Colleague?
‘DARK, DARK ROOTS’
When asked if racial identity had anything to do with his vote, one Republican lawmaker shot back to The Daily Beast, “Absolutely not. The facts are how I decided my vote.”
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Tennessee General Assembly
Republican lawmakers were quick to expel two Black Democrats from the Tennessee House of Representatives Thursday after they protested against gun violence. However, their white colleague, who joined the protest, was narrowly spared, leading many critics to call the decision racially charged.
