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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 4, 2023

House Republican leaders have begun the expulsion process for three Democrats — Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis — for their role in anti-gun protests last week, the Tennessean reports. An expulsion resolution for each member was introduced last night and each passed on an initial party-line vote of 72 to 23. A final vote is scheduled for Thursday. The resolutions claim the members “knowingly and intentionally” brought disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives. Following introduction of the measures, the House “turned chaotic.” Yells rang out through the state Capitol, protestors screamed from the galleries and Rep. Jones accused Rep. Justin Lafferty, R-Knoxville, of taking his phone.