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In another “you can’t make this up” event, the two expelled Tennessee Democrats decided to lead another protest that took over the state Capitol.
According to The Blaze:
Tennessee state Representatives Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, both Democrats, have led yet another takeover of the state Capitol in Nashville less than two weeks after they were expelled from the state House for instigating a previous mob takeover.
They were both subsequently reinstated.
On Monday, Pearson and Jones joined dozens of protesters, many of whom appeared to be clergy members, to demand more gun control legislation in the wake of the shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville on March 27.
The House was set to vote on a measure that would allow some teachers to have access to firearms in the classroom, but the bill has been pulled from the calendar.
With the state Senate Judiciary Committee already adjourned for the session, the legislature is unlikely to vote on the measure before the summer.
The gallery housed members of the public who appeared to be opposed to the idea of arming teachers.
They were also displeased with the announcement that the House would go into recess before voting on the measure.
The group booed and shouted for the state reps to stay and “do [their] jobs.”
Pearson, Jones, and the protestors are adamantly against any law that would call for arming teachers. Instead, they want to disarm citizens with stricter gun laws.
Again, we find ourselves at a crossroads that leaves children and school employees at risk.
Though the manifesto of the Covenant School shooter has still not been released to the public, there is information that she looked at two schools at which to carry out the carnage.
She chose the less secure one. Do you want to stop school shootings? Put armed guards at every school.
The legislature can ban all guns and it will not prevent school shootings. Criminals always find a way.
The Blaze added:
Many in that crowd, including Jones and Pearson, had just cornered Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton (R) before he could exit the area.
Sexton briefly answered some questions and stated that the House would soon consider other bills regarding guns, though he did not identify any specific bills. He then left.
Jones accused Sexton of running away from the people, and Pearson claimed that Sexton and other Republicans had engaged in “anti-democratic behavior” by continuing to consider legislation that would arm teachers.
Rep. Jones characterized the mob rule that had just overwhelmed Speaker Sexton as the “power of the people.”
Ford Fischer chronicled the rally on Twitter. He posted that there were hundreds of protesters shouting at the Republican state representatives as they exited the chamber.
They chanted, “Tell the truth! More guns, more death!”
Fischer’s Twitter thread also quoted Jones showing that they have no intention of letting up.
“We need people to keep showing, because there’s power in the fact that the speaker ran away,” said Rep. Justin Jones@brotherjones_.
“That’s power of the people.”
“Our movement is non-violent. With that power of love and justice, it’s something they cannot stand up to.”
Fischer witnessed one opposing viewpoint from the crowd. It came from an Imam who “proposed teaching” upper high school boys “how to shoot guns.”
Predictably, he was cut off and asked to leave.
Protesting is a right, but on a topic as important as children’s safety, there needs to be a healthy debate.
yet they refuse to comment on all the black on black killing and crime