Thomas earned it by being appointed to the Supreme Court. What did those students do?Taking free half million dollar trips and deciding forgiving 10 grand in student loans would be an unearned hand out.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2023
Thomas cites The Mask as precedent. pic.twitter.com/fqY783iDTB
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2023
I hate it when somebody in the world catches up with me. But I second the sentiment: this is grotesquely undemocratic. I'm sure the House has the authority to discipline or eject its own members. This is not the way to exercise that power.BOYCOTT TENNESSEE starts today. Take your family vacation someplace safer and more sane
— Elle (@Elle59045106) April 6, 2023
Funny how often it comes back to that, isn't it? Uppity black men, uppity women, disrespectful kids! Cain't have that, now, can we?The GOP speaker leading drive to expel the #Tennessee3, including 2 young Black legislators, represents a seat that is 93% white (& just 16% col+.) This fight crystallizes how red state Rs are using their dominance of mostly white GOP non-urban areas to preempt diverse big metros https://t.co/UF3zKjZ99F
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) April 6, 2023
Three guesses why they expelled him (can include the stated reason). You have 10 seconds.Wow: Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of the Dems that the GOP is trying to expel from state legislature to protesting gun violence, calls out his colleagues on the floor
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 6, 2023
‘For years, one of your colleagues, an admitted child molester, sat in this chamber – no expulsion’ pic.twitter.com/KNDrhX3gl1
No, that wasn't one of them.Reaction outside after GOP Rep. Gino Bulso says that Jones gave a “compelling, eloquent statement of why he needs to be expelled.” pic.twitter.com/ssBs8EUxui
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) April 6, 2023
And there was that time you didn't answer my text for two days! You're so mean!Jones is expelled. pic.twitter.com/6rjvkDj7Zy
— David Weigel (@daveweigel) April 6, 2023
Which mass shooting was finally going to be the line crossed? Asking for the families of the dead.Republicans reacting to a mass shooting by stripping power from lawmakers who want to do something about it really feels like a line crossed.
— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2023
Well, it sure ain't Clarence Thomas or the GOP House in Tennessee! Right, Kev?Kevin McCarthy claims Alvin Bragg is "destroying this nation" pic.twitter.com/s4WW1bUD9V
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 6, 2023
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