That Was The Week That Was This Week

To recap, Tennessee Republicans got a week of thrashing on the national stage, Democrats got money and attention they’ve only dreamed of for years, and Justin Jones didn’t miss a day of session since his expulsion. https://t.co/HnxYQLncbt

— Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) April 10, 2023

Nice work, Cameron Sexton. https://t.co/Lcf3NFv6JW pic.twitter.com/Sm2feUski0

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 10, 2023

What a powerful photo. Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Jones enter the Tennessee State House together — essentially giving a middle finger to every House Republican there. And later this week, Justin Pearson will join them. Republicans are about to go through some things. pic.twitter.com/Ev3CCDjIsU

— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) April 10, 2023

“Do you see Justin Jones being sworn in here?” pic.twitter.com/qWBvkIgCZi

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2023

And that doesn’t even get to Trump’s week. Or the rest of the GOP.

Wallace: We live in a country where widespread seemingly random mass gun violence is the norm pic.twitter.com/2IpHtfOlrO

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2023

Frost: What we will refuse is politicians who go in front of cameras and say there’s nothing we can do. If that’s the energy that you’re bringing to this problem, you don’t belong in the seat of power.. because every death is a policy failure pic.twitter.com/uguFDOIZRz

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2023

Williams on Fox: I’m sick and tired of standing in front of a camera.. We have to talk about guns! AR-15’s are killing our babies and our citizens in this country and we have to do something about it pic.twitter.com/4ntyPcnuE9

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2023

How sick and tired do we have to get?

Tell me more about the threat from drag queen story hour. https://t.co/PlNaK9PYRS

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 10, 2023

Pearson: When we realize what’s going on in the South which is you have politicians choosing who will vote for them rather than people who are supposed to choosing their elected officials.. pic.twitter.com/6cBOJ5vnB7

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 9, 2023

Old times there are not forgotten.

Maybe you should've thought about the consequences before declaring war on Gen Z...

Oh, well. https://t.co/dQoEIbKRet

— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) April 11, 2023

O, the humanities!

Pearson: We often hear the complaint and I have had it myself about politicians sending their thoughts and prayers. Now that we are in elected position we don’t just have to have thoughts and prayers. We can have action.. pic.twitter.com/8wAJ8Gjf9E

— Acyn (@Acyn) April 11, 2023

Sounds pretty radical and activist to me. Or it just sounds like Mr. Smith went to Washington. Again.

The increasing arbitrariness of the stunts makes the place more and more like Elon’s tantrum room. But blocking off whole segments of the web, as Newton argues, is just hacking away at the central value proposition for most people. https://t.co/U9exAf18cE

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 11, 2023

Dear Casey Newton: what was your first clue?