Expulsion of two lawmakers could backfire on Tennessee GOP majority

By Barnini Chakraborty

Published April 8, 2023 11:00am ET

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Expulsion of two lawmakers could backfire on Tennessee GOP majority — Former Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, and former Rep. Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, raises their hands outside the House chamber after Jones and Pearson were expelled from the legislature Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. | (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

The decision by Tennessee Republicans to expel two Democratic lawmakers over their protests following a mass school shooting may have backfired, turning the ousted state leaders into political martyrs and giving them a bigger national platform to air their grievances.

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