The move Monday was directed at Rep. Justin Jones, which prohibited him from speaking and debating bills for the rest of Monday’s floor session. Moments prior, Jones had been criticizing legislation to allow more law enforcement officers in schools.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, listens as demonstrators display a banner for gun law reform over the chamber floor during a special session of the state legislature on public safety Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. NASHVILLE, Tenn.
Republican legislative leaders aren’t taking up any significant gun control changes, including the governor’s push to keep guns away from people judged to pose a threat to themselves or others. House Speaker Cameron Sexton had warned Jones not to stray off topic. Under new rules adopted by the GOP-dominant chamber last week, members can be silenced anywhere from a day to the rest of the year for not sticking to the bill being debated.
What happened next was a chaotic flurry of legislative proceedings, where Democrats outraged at the decision to move ahead to try to silence Jones for the day began pleading with their GOP colleagues to change their minds. Republican lawmakers remained unconvinced, however, with 70 GOP members voting to silence Jones. Democratic members then angrily left the chamber with Jones.
Many in the crowd remained in the stands, and their cries of “vote them out” and “Whose house, our house” drowned out the legislative proceedings for several minutes, enough at one point that a Republican lawmaker said he couldn’t hear what he was supposed to be voting on.
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