TN Dem Rep Pearson: GOP ’Captured by Fascists and Neo-Confederates’
Saturday on MSNBC’s “Velshi,” Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson (D) declared the Republican Party had been captured by “fascists and neo-Confederates.”
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Democrat Rep. Jasmine Crockett: Black Americans Should Not Pay Taxes as a Form of Reparations
Freshman Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) suggested that black Americans should be exempt from paying taxes as a form of reparations.
Tennessee Progressives Fight So-Called ‘White Supremacist Legislation’ Banning Local Reparations Task Forces
Tennessee is divided over reparations, with a black Memphis pastor leading the charge against a bill that would prohibit the funding of a proposed reparations study in the state.
TN State Rep. Pearson: Tennessee GOP Turning Our Democracy into ‘Mob Rules’
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson (D) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republicans in his state House are attempting to turn democracy into “mob rules.”
White House to Honor Three Democrats Who Committed Insurrection in Tennessee
Three Democrat Tennessee state lawmakers will be honored at the White House after they disrupted a legislative proceeding, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced Wednesday.
Dem TN Rep. Johnson: ‘I Hear Racist Statements’ in State House ‘All the Time’
Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson (D) said Tuesday on “CNN This Morning” that she hears racist statements “all the time” in the Tennessee State House.
