Tennessee House GOP Expels 2 Black Democrats In Retaliation Over Gun Control Protest WhatDoYouThink?
Tennessee Republicans expelled two Black freshman lawmakers for their participation in a gun control protest yet declined to remove a third Democratic lawmaker, who is white and who participated in the same demonstration on the state House floor last week.
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