WASHINGTON — When Tennessee Republicans voted this month to expel two Black Democratic lawmakers who protested for gun control on the House floor, they thought they were sticking it to rabble-rousers in the statehouse. But the decision, led by Tennessee’s Republican House speaker, Cameron Sexton, turned Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville,…Read More
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