Tennessee’s House of Representatives voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers Thursday for their roles in demonstrations in favor of gun control legislation last week at the state capitol.
The GOP-dominated House voted to oust Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson, but a vote to expel Rep. Gloria Johnson failed. The trio of Democrats participated in demonstrationsinside the state capitol building last week that followed a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
The expulsion hearings drew thousands of people to the capitol to support the group of Democrats.
