Date uploaded: 2023-04-05 16:23:03

“I firmly believe we are on the right side of history,” Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, said. In the wake of protests calling for gun reform at the state Capitol, Tennessee Republicans are seeking to expel her and two other Democratic members of the House for "disorderly behavior" after they led protest chants from the floor of the chamber. The protests came in the wake of the deadly Covenant School shooting that killed six people, including three children. On Thursday, the three House Democrats approached the podium between bills without being recognized to speak, a breach of chamber rules. With a bullhorn, Reps. Johnson of Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis led protestors in the galleries in several chants calling for gun reform. Visit the link in bio for more.