Huffington Postさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Huffington PostInstagram)「Republican Tennessee lawmakers expelled a House Democrat and will likely vote to expel two more who joined protesters in calling for stronger gun control following a school shooting.⁠ ⁠ Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones was expelled by the Republican supermajority Thursday afternoon in a vote of 75-26. The legislative body will also likely vote to expel Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Pearson, both Democrats, in the future.⁠ ⁠ The expulsion hearings were in response to the three House Democrats leading protesters in chants on the chamber floor without being recognized to speak last week. Hundreds of protesters ― many of them kids ― called for stronger gun control following another a school shooting that left three kids and three adults dead last month.⁠ ⁠ It was the fourth time since the end of the Civil War when Tennessee House members expelled one of their elected colleagues.⁠ ⁠ In 1866, six lawmakers were ousted for attempting to prevent the ratification of the 14th Amendment, which granted citizenship to formerly enslaved people.⁠ ⁠ In 1980, GOP Rep. Robert Fisher was kicked out of the House after being convicted of taking a $1,000 bribe to kill a committee bill.⁠ ⁠ And in 2016, Republican state Rep. Jeremy Durham was voted out of the House after 22 women accused him of sexual misconduct.⁠ ⁠ In Thursday’s historic case, at least one of the lawmakers was expelled for chanting for the prevention of gun violence. Those protests were described in the Republican-led resolution to expel the members as “disorderly behavior” that “knowingly and intentionally” brought “disorder and dishonor to the House of Representatives.”⁠ ⁠ House Republican Leader William Lamberth began expulsion proceedings by giving each member facing expulsion 20 minutes to speak. Jones, who represents a district in Nashville, was the first to speak, and called the proceedings a “spectacle.”⁠ ⁠ Read more at our link in bio. // 🖊️ Sebastian Murdock // 📷 Reuters」4月7日 6時01分