gloria johnson survived by one vote, gloria johnson, who is white. justin jones, with black have said on the record, they believe it is something new with skin color. we don't know the answer to that. but two of the three legislative expelled no longer representatives elected by tens of thousands of people in their districts. now been expelled from the house of representatives by tennessee state legislative anderson back to you and gary. what what are their options now? the two legislators who have been expelled, will they run again? here's something very interesting and you're going to talk to justin shortly. he'll tell you if he's going to run again. tennessee law if he decides to run again and he wins again, he can't be charged and the same parts again. it's interesting. it's double jeopardy. select you again. you can't be expelled it on this chart. however they could find other charges to expel that doesn't mean he wouldn't be expelled again. just can't be expelled of this charge of disorderly behavior. that's what the republicans are saying. dis

you see, i believe that that that is gloria johnson there on the left state representative gloria johnsona democrat. um the action that they're taking right now is to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of tennessee ins. who will now not have state representation in the statehouse . that's a former state representative jones embracing with soon to be former state representative gloria johnson. on the floor of the tennessee state house in nashville. what is motivating the legislators? is this act of civil disobedience. this act of violating legislative decorum and not the murders of these three individuals, three students. ah nine year olds at at a christian school in memphis or the three faculty members, six individuals murdered that is not prompting the state legislature to act. it is these state representatives, these three democrats being rude. i mean, that is unusual. i would think that. i'm not talking about gun control, but i would think there would be some action taken to try to figure out how to protect the students and faculty. yeah let's first things first. jake when you think

it's really been quite a day i know gloria johnson survived, thankful for that.ens with justin pearson, but for these republicans in tennessee to do this, and for them to be so evangelical and as bible thumping as they are, to not realize the irony in trying to expel three today on the eve of the day when tomorrow, when three were crucified simply for standing up for what is right and trying to end gun violence in this country very proud of justin he's a generation behind me, but we came up in the same church with james lawson, and marion barry, nonviolence for the national sit-in movement so justin is really following in the footsteps of those great people, and i couldn't be prouder of my young brother. >> britney, one of the things i definitely noted is a generational difference. in this state. it was a state where the klan was founded. it was also the place where the nashville student movement, as mark was talking about, was founded. there's a lot of history here. obviously, memphis, tennessee, has its own dark history in had civil right movement i think about

now gloria johnson appears to have survived. there still is a remaining vote for justin pearson, who represents memphis. but ryan, could you recap what we know until this point. yeah. that that is one of those things where they believed by one vote that she has made it that she will not be expelled. of course, what we like to do is get a little closer so we can hear the final tally, but it appears at this point. each member had to go through their own sort of hearing. they would talk for 20 minutes, they would take questions. she used the lawyer to move forward. she also talked about being a teacher herself and feeling the pain. of having students be worried about school shooting. god we're not sure if that really connected with the focus on the inside, and she was saved by one vote, something that we're still paying attention to, as you can see all the people who have lined up here to pay attention to the same things we are. we were live with you as that vote was happening, so i haven't even heard the total number of votes. rig

offering a message that this majority does not want to hear. >> on the screen this is ghor i can't gloria johnson she told us that if she resigned yesterday, she could keep her health insurance.gloria johnson. she told us that if she resigned yesterday, she could keep her health insurance.johnson she told us that if she resigned yesterday, she could keep her health insurance but she is to have her voice heard, to do what she knows is a right, she is and ysurvivor of l violence and she talked about the trauma that those kids and she endured and that the whole country endured. if you have a kid that participates in shoot er prep race, and maybe that we should no more than this.prep race, and maybe that we should no more than this.rep race, and maybe that we should no more than this. so she is still -- i won't make any assumptions. but as soon as she starts talking, we'll go to it. charlie, this day can't be undone a lot of americans by tomorrow will see that three representatives were expelled for participating in a peaceful protest over gun violence. >> and they will be introduced to this rather r

jones and pearson both voted out gloria johnson, surviving by a single vote, why representative johnson believes that she was able to keep her job while her colleagues were not. he's alex perez leads us off tonight from nashville. tonight vice president kamala harris, traveling to tennessee to meet with the democratic representatives, ousted by the state's republican led house from the house of representatives, the futures of those representatives now in the hands of local officials in their districts, who had the power to reappoint them. representatives justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson all faced expulsion after they violated decorum last week. we will not be fine, interrupting proceedings demanding gun reform. leading a crowd of demonstrators through the house floor. jones and pearson using a bullhorn, black lawmakers expelled but gloria johnson, who is white, surviving removal by a single vote difference in the outcome. i will answer your question i might have to do with the color of our skin justice will come those protests coming on the heels of the deadly nashville e

gloria johnson survived her seat with 65 votes. just one vote saving her seat, folks, i have to tell you the optics there, as gloria johnson referenced herself, perhaps the only white out of the three congress members there. and representatives that had been saved her seat. so there you see it. tennessee house voting to expel two of the three democratic lawmakers for their objection. to gun legislation. two weeks ago. this is the culmination of that. this is a historic moment right now, as you're safe playing out state legislature there in tennessee. we will continue to follow the breaking developments, this breaking story that is happening right now and unfolding before our eyes. our breaking news coverage continues right now with a c 3 60.

yeah and we're about to listen to state representative gloria johnson. ah who is going to speak in her own defense and talk about why she should not be expelled. she's being there being questions asked of her by her colleagues. let's listen in. represented window with burns, wendell but representing window the road. hang on. hey soft! mr mr. clark please stop clock. mr. wendell, please. that is that is not appropriate. the suspension of the rules. request mr clerk. can we just go back? over what what that was. one second one second. alright, we're gonna. be watching the proceedings here just to bring people up to speed state representative gloria johnson. ah again born just like a former state representative jones, not born in tennessee, moved to tennessee to go to college. he went to university of tennessee at knoxville became an activist more traditional path for her knox county democratic party chairwoman and then elected to the tennessee house, which includes knoxville. tennessee um and she and two of her colleagues in the wake of that horrific coven

justin pearson 69 gloria johnson 65 votes. you agree with that, that this the reason that she was spared and they were not is because they are black. well look. gloria johnson is very outspoken and she's been in the state legislature and around a lot of these legislators long enough to know their character traits. but if you just look at the issues that have transpired doing this , this 113 general assembly on during black history month, the same house of representatives sought to change the name of the street bearing john lewis's name to donald trump boulevard. the same representatives wanted to add lynching hanging by tree. as a means for execution in the state. this this body has continuously shown that it will attack african americans and african american issues. the speaker of the house had a very public dispute with the former caucus chair about whether or not he was racist or not. so i think the general public can look at all of those things and come to their own conclusion about whether or not this the supermajority ha

notice over here a little bit to my right, that's gloria johnson. is here to walk him in they're together justin pearson is here so hey, y'all, what's going on so we going up in here >> it truly is a multiracial coalition, mark. there are people of every age, every ethnic group this is truly a multiracial democracy in action. >> yeah, no, it certainly is and that's because gun violence touches everyone and what the republicans didn't expect this type of reaction, this type of backlash. you could not get a flight into nashville today. as a result, i think the republicans came to their senses they couldn't block him out. they just couldn't do it because people were going to converge on nashville. we were on the verge of literally another million man march in nashville so this is big and as representative love said to us earlier, they appeal to the speakers' sensibilities and said to him you don't want this smoke. this is bigger than you can imagine. justin justin justin, you're live on msnbc say a word. >> hi, justin jones. congratulations on your rea

[cheers] they put gloria johnson and justin jones and me on trial.ut they ended up putting themselves on trial. [cheers] [indiscernible] guilty of white supremacy! guilty of patriarchy! guilty of supporting the nra over people. guilty of not expanding health care. guilty of not giving educational resources. guilty! guilty! guilty! [indiscernible] that people have got a message, we are going to build this movement. we are going to build this movement. we are going to build this movement. you and you and you and you and you, we are going to build this movement. we're convinced there is a different vision for shelby county, for tennessee, for the south, for the united states of america. i believe it is a vision of the people have been pushed to the periphery coming to the well. the people who have been marginalized, coming to the well. i believe [indiscernible] [crowd noise] amy: justin pearson speaking wednesday in memphis after the shelby county board of commissioners voted to reinstate him to his seat in the tennessee house of representatives less th

amy: they were called the tennessee three but the third democratic representative, gloria johnson of knoxville, who is white, narrowly survived a vote on her expulsion. thursday's extraordinary proceedings were interrupted at times by thousands of protesters who packed the house gallery to support the lawmakers and their efforts to stem gun violence in the wake of the march 27 mass shooting at covenant school in nashville, which left re-adults and three nine-year-old students dead. president biden condemned the expulsions as shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent. after headlines, we will go to nashville to speak with one of the expelled state representatives justin jones. supreme court justice clarence thomas is facing renewed calls for his impeachment after a propublica investigation revealed he failed to report frequent luxury trips paid for by the billionaire harlan crow. for more than two decades, thomas frequently joined crow aboard his private yacht, jet, at his private estates, and at bohemian grove -- an exclusive all-male retreat in california. the junkets likely vio

sworn in on the steps of the capitol surrounded by supporters and escorted by representative gloria johnson, the only one of the tennessee three who was not expelled, by one vote. then he walked back to the chamber, handily back to the chamber of the house, as district 52's democratically elected representative the shelby county commission will vote on justin pearson's reinstatement on wednesday at the end of this grotesque experience, tennessee republicans drew the eyes of the world on their state only to expose their own orwellian tactics to an international audience while crowning the tennessee three, particularly justin jones and justin pearson, as heroes, as role models for the next batch of young civic leaders who are sick of being led by people who clearly don't give a damn if they or their friends die a painful, gruesome death at the hands of an assault rifle. joining me now is david jolly, msnbc political analyst and former republican congressman who is no longer affiliated with the party. holly mccall, editor and chief of the tennessee lookout, and receive rnd mark thompson, civil

do you know who gloria johnson is? does anybody know her? who is gloria johnson? i can't johnson is a school teacher, a public school teacher. a special education school teacher. she's a sister, she's a daughter, she's an american. she's a tennessean. she's a farragut graduate, a graduate of the university of tennessee and a girl scout. she's not a felon, she's not a sex offender, she's not a target of a federal grand jury investigation she's never had a single ethics violation not one time in her service in tennessee. she's never broken the public trust. never. not one time. many of you in this room including me do not agree with her political stances. many of you don't. some of you do. many don't. however, she doesn't work for you. she works for the people that live on broadway, nadine, washington avenue and west hills. those are the people that sent her here. the author of this documents wants to take falsehoods and subvert the will of 70,000 voters. i'm sure most of you will be surprised that you vote with this woman 80% of the time. 80% of the time, the membe

justin pearson on the left gloria johnson in the middle. justin jones on the right.he two men expelled the woman surviving by one vote. they were punished by republicans for their demonstration on the house floor last week, calling for gun reform, walking up to the well of the chamber and protesting following the horrific school shooting in nashville last month. republicans saying their behavior was disorderly and as a result, they made the decision to kick the two men out of the legislature. so what does the woman who survived have to say about that? i think it's pretty clear. i'm a six year old white woman and they are too young black man. the chairman of the tennessee black caucus is sam mckenzie. the world saw the options. i don't have to say a word about the fact that our two young african american brothers were unfairly prosecuted. information evidence introduced inappropriately. but they handled themselves like true champions. republicans deny a racism allegations, some saying that gloria johnson was not leading the protest effort. last week, one republican le

speaker gloria johnson is speaking on the floor about her potential explosion. >> i continue to hear no one having conversations about things that will prevent gun violence from coming to our doors. there are so many things we could do that would change the trajectory of where we are headed. more school shootings, more church shootings, more waffle house shootings. all of these, theater shootings. it is happening everywhere, folks. there is one common denominator. it is the guns. it is the people that have the guns because we are not doing anything to make sure that people who are not safe don't have guns. i am a gun owner. i have a gun. i took a class so that i would know how to use that gun. i trained with my nephews, a marine and an air force member. i shoot regularly because i think you have to be responsible. it is responsibly stored. it was my father's service revolver. it laid on his dresser every night when he came home and we did not touch it. and we knew not to touch it, and but we grew up with that. but, my father believed in things that we could do to prevent gun violence

pearson, justin jones, and gloria johnson.ere it was an honor just to meet you all in person. we have been covering the story from day one because of the unprecedented nature of what happened to you. before i get to that, i'm going to ask each of you, the white house today. meeting for you, being there, and what do you think you got from it and what did you hear from the president and vice president. >> a very meaningful day for me, district 86, and the people we're fortunate to represent to go into a place built by formerly enslaved african american folks, speaking about the voices of the marginalized and those being too often excluded in situations like the one we're in dealing with the issue of gone violence, the need for gun control, and the need for gun reforms. today, hearing from the president and vice president about the reality that this issue cuts across party lines, that it isn't just a democratic or republican issue, it is a moral issue about whether or not we're going to care about kids, whether we're going to car

we're also joined in that protest by their colleague, representative gloria johnson.ou see them all there. holding hands, raising their fists. vice president harris met privately with the so called tennessee three on friday, she was in nashville to advocate for stricter gun reform. cnn correspondent isabel rizal is joining me now with more on this, isabel. what are we learning about the expulsions and what's next? good afternoon to you, fred? yeah we're hearing from the former representative justin jones and justin pearson and current representative gloria johnson, who have really decried the actions of the republican colleagues, calling it vindictive, oppressive and racially motivated. of course, pearson and jones. they are young black men. they were the ones that were expelled, while gloria johnson, who survived a vote is a white woman. here's what jones had to say about the exposure. i think what happened was a travesty of democracy because it they expelled the two youngest black lawmakers, which is no coincidence from the tennessee legislature because we are outsp

a third, gloria johnson, was not. presentative johnson said she things it has to do with the colo of their skin. do you agree with that assessment? >> i certainly understand how some might think that, and that very well might be the case, but i don't know what's in my colleagues' heart and don't want to speculate on that. i will say my colleagues lost two strong voices yesterday and i hope they return very soon. >> republicans said they broke the rules of decorum are protesting on the floor. do you think they should have faced different consequences? >> well, people break decorum or house rules on a daily basis. what they did was approach the well of the house without permission from the speaker. i think in anyone's estimation, that is a very minor offense or breach of house rules. others who have served in the recent house in recent years who have not been punished for anything have done far worse, including several who are under federal investigation and have had criminal charges brought against them. just this year,

he walked through a sea of supporters with his colleagues, gloria johnson and justin pearson, the tennesseerassmann is there in nashville and will start us off tonight. what a day. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this debate was barbed and bitter for hours but i had a surprise twist. republicans expelled two democratic lawmakers but spared one other involved in last week's disturbance. rancor ruled. there was an era of vengeance from both sides. >> ayes 72, 25 nays. >> i hereby declare representative justin jones of the 57 represented district expelled. >> reporter: and with that announcement, tennessee state house, contracted by one member, and america's political divide widened. >> the world is watching tennessee. >> reporter: the days first target for republicans, state representative justin jones. >> no action! >> no peace! >> reporter: no peace since this moment last week. jones, 1 of 3 democrats with a bullhorn, commandeering a legislative session, angry about last week's slaughter of the innocents at nashville's covenant school. the super majority republican mem

he walked through a sea of supporters with his colleagues, gloria johnson and justin pearson, the tennesseeee as they are known. cbs's mark strassmann is there in nashville, will start us off tonight. what a day. good evening, mark. >> reporter: good evening, norah. this debate was barbed and bitter for hours but had a surprise twist. republicans expelled two democratic lawmakers but spared one other involved in last week's disturbance. rancor ruled. and there wassage air of vengeance from both sides. >> i hereby declare representative justin jones of the 57th representative district expelled. announcement, tesee's that statehouond byne merica pitical vi>> tld ihing tennessee. >> reporter: the day's first target for republicans, state representative justin jones. >> no action. >> no peace! >> reporter: no peace since this moment last week. jones one of three democrats with a bullhorn commandeering a legislative session, angry about last week's slaughter of the innocents at nashville's covenant school. the super majority republican members saw the trio as decorum-shattering renegades, unfit

justin pearson on the left gloria johnson in the middle. justin jones on the right. two men expelled the woman surviving by one vote. they were punished by republicans for their demonstration on the house floor last week, calling for gun reform, walking up to the well of the chamber and protesting following the horrific school shooting in nashville last month. republicans saying their behavior was disorderly and as a result, they made the decision to kick the two men out of the legislature. so what does the woman who survived have to say about that? i think it's pretty clear. i'm a six year old white woman, and they are too young black men. the chairman of the tennessee black caucus is sam mckenzie. the world saw the options. i don't have to say a word about the fact that our two young african american brothers were unfairly prosecuted. information evidence introduced inappropriately. but they handled themselves like true champions. republicans deny a racism allegations, some saying that gloria johnson was not leading the protest effort. last week republican leader t

gloria johnson did not d anything any difference. there was pretty obviously a racial component to this compulsion it was not just the fact tha gloria is a white woman. it's also the fact that she wa defended by two white male attorneys who are themselves former members of this body. they fit in. they fit in with this body o people who were then voting fo the expulsion. frankly, gloria was only saved by one vote. that was probably the vote o justin pearson who was later expelled >> holly, the rest of us wil accept - you have been covering tennessee politics for decades what did you see tonight tha you want the rest of the country to understand abou tennessee? >> you know, tennessee leads the way in backwards and discriminatory legislation we have one of the - we have the strictest abortion ban in the state tennessee is governor bill lee was the first governor to sign a ban on certain types of drag performances and dra performers our gun laws are almos nonexistent except to create lags for gun laws. i'm going to point something out tha

it's like a theocracy up there we need gloria johnson, we nee justin pierson and justin jone up theree barn is on fire >> congressman, i've got les than a minute. i want to ask, we've reached a point where gun violence is leading cause of death for children in our country. right now republicans ar controlling the house. if the death of children is no enough for them to act, what can congress do to protect them? >> we've tried in the past, we passed a bill last year afte uvalde we commend chris murphy and -- for their work north carolina, truly -- we could work on red flag laws there's a chance there could b a red flag law that could be passed we put a lot of money in state -- some of the states will ge near them for some strange reason, across no judges o something. we need to have. that there should be an assaul weapons banned maybe we can limit at least wh can carry an assault weapon or who can own one to some extent history of mental illness, background check - some program to limit who ha those weapons. that's the real problem. what they did by protectin schools with security offi

but surprisingly or maybe not at all representative gloria johnson, who is white, was not removed fromer office by the republican super majority in t. tennessee. almost immediately she recognized the disparity and elaborated on msnbc this morning. >> to see how they were questioned in a different way from me. i had some republican colleagues say things like, well, you know, they didn't show contrition or they have a -- the younger generation has a different way of speaking, they have a different way of addressing things i am a 60-year-old schoolteacher. i might talk a little more level tone and that sort of thing. but it was very clear what this was about. >> to all of us. this afternoon a testament to just how far and just how wide this story has spread, the vice president of these united states, kamala harris, is making a late change to her itinerary, her planned schedule today air force two expected to touch down in tennessee later this hour we understand she'll meet with the three democrats. we will have a chance to talk to representative, former representative now justin jones, ab

of the tennessee three. 27-year-old justin jones, 20-year-old justin pearson, and 60-year-old gloria johnsonats elected to tennessee's house of representatives, all three have been trying to change the states gun laws. but last week two were ousted by the republican super majority thrusting tennessee into the national spotlight. >> you are in the well today because you broke rules of decorum. would you agree? >> representative pearson? >> i believe i am in the world today because you put forward a resolution that says that it is more important to expel voices of dissent then do the work of justice. >> gloria johnson has an idea why she herself was spared by one vote. >> it might have to do with the color of her skin. >> would you agree with the assessment that she said quite bluntly that it has to do with the color of my skin. >> it's very clear from when we walked in the building that there were systemic racism that is active in the capital. even for members, we stand united in our multiracial, multigenerational. gloria could have easily said, "i'm not going to be expelled" but she stood wi

justin pearson and justin jones were expelled from the body, while representative gloria johnson, who is white, survived exp expulsion. here's what jones and pearson had to say before their expulsion votes. >> today is a lynch mob assembled to not lynch me but our democratic process. >> we called for you all to ban assault weapons, and you respond with an assault on democracy let's talk about expulsion for years, one of your colleagues who was an admitted child molester sat in this chamber, no expulsion. one member sits in this chamber who was found guilty of domestic violence no expulsion we had a former speaker sit in this chamber who is now under federal investigation. no expulsion we have a member still under federal investigation. no expulsion we had a member be in another member's chair in this chamber, no expulsion in fact, they're in leadership in the governor's administration so, once again, what you're saying to us, that you're trying to put us on trial, i'll say what you're really putting on trial is the state of tennessee. what you're really showing for the world is holdin

don't deserve to have our representation, lost a vote to expel a third democrat, representative gloria johnson failed. by one vote. johnson had stood by jones and pearson and chanting with the protesters. a reporter asked johnson why she thought republicans did not expel her have to do with the color of our skin. you cannot ignore the racial dynamic of what happened today. two young black lawmakers get expelled in the one white woman does not that's a statement in and of itself. republican leaders denied race played a factor in the decision and noted that the overwhelming majority of their party was still in favor of expelling johnson. special elections will fill the two vacancies eats, jones and pearson are free to run again for those offices to breaking news in the middle east. israeli forces escalated the weeklong violence in the region bombing targets in southern lebanon and gaza. the military said it targeted installations of the palestinian militant group hamas after militants from level non fired nearly three dozen rockets at israel yesterday. the current round of violence began earlier

lord jesus, right before easter, and that is tonight's read out tennessee state representative gloria johnson, will join yo tomorrow all in with chris hayes starts right now. get it right, y'all. >> thank you, joy. a remarkable scheme playing ou right now in the tennessee capital, as you can see there. absolutely shocking scenes i tennessee today. we just saw the third of three votes on expelled expulsion, i will take you through what happened today just so you know, what's happening right now, three members were voted on to b expelled two african american members one white member they expelled, successfully, with a two thirds vote, to the two black members and did no expel the white woman who wa up as well they just held that vote kicking out three democrat from protesting gun violence it started a week ago, whe protesters descended on th state capitol, they were calling for lawmakers to pas gun control legislation after shooter had killed 39 year old and three adults at a privat elementary school in nashville the protesters made it into th gallery of the legislature, an those three democrat

gloria johnson narrowly survived to removal vote and walked in the chamber by jones side. all the people back the people's house. mm. proceed back to the people's house, so called tennessee three could be reunited tomorrow when shelby county commissioners will vote on whether to reinstate justin pearson. so joining us now tennessee state representative gloria johnson. thank you, representative. i appreciate you joining us this morning as i said to you in the break because of what happened in tennessee, but also because of what happened in kentucky. as well. it is all connected. we appreciate you joining us. so you walk back into the chamber arm in arm with your colleague justin jones. what was that moment like for you? it was. it was just it just felt right. it was so good to have him back in the body, um, overwhelmingly supported by not only his district, but every district in davidson county. and um, i just i was i didn't know if that would happen that he would be back or that there would be any challenge to it. and it was so nice because because both rep. pearson and rh

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now, i want to bring in the one democrat to survive that expulsion campaign by a single vote, gloria johnson, and derrick johnson the president and ceo of the naacp so representative, first to you, how are you doing this morning how are your colleagues doing, and how do you move on from this, representative johnson, and go back to work with the people who made it clear they don't think you belong there >> yeah, you know, that part of it is going to be interesting, but they've been doing that a while. i've stood on the floor for 45 minutes with my hand-held up and they didn't answer me. i voted against -- i was the only member in the body to vote against the republican speaker and they put me in a closet for an office. with redistricting, they drew my block out of my precinct so that i moved less than a mile away back into the district i lived in for 30 years to run for office >> and just after the demonstration before any due process, they limited your access to the building so you didn't have access to your. >> within three minutes after the vote on justin pearson and justin jones, they wer

gloria johnson asked why she was not removed. >> why do you feel like there was a difference in the outcomemight have to do with the color of our skin. >> no coincidence that the two youngest members are kicked out. >> considering similar measures to reinstate justin pearson. >> what we are seeing is the erosion of our democracy. it should be of concern to everybody, regardless of political party. >> david, state legislature just moments ago accepted that reinstatement, swearing jones back in. he is now officially, back part of the house of representatives here appeared a special meeting to reinstate your son is scheduled for wednesday afternoon. >> alex perez and nashville. thank you for your new reporting the damaging leak of top-secret u.s. intelligence here tonight with the white house is now acknowledging. they don't know who took the classified documents and if there is more to come. what it all reveals, including what the u.s. knows about russia, its military, and ukraine. >> an alarming admission from the white house about the extent of the damage from the growing number of classifi

were ultimately expelled, justin jones and justin pearson are both black the effort to expel gloria johnson, who's white, failed by a single vote. our priscilla thompson is in nashville. >> reporter: outrage in nashville. in reaction to republican-led efforts to expel three democratic lawmakers from the state legislature. >> i declare justin jones of the 57th representative district expelled from the house of representatives of the 113th assembly of the state of tennessee. >> reporter: the three democrats in question, state representatives justin jones, gloria johnson and justin pearson were accused of disorderly behavior following their participation in a demonstration on the house floor last week. >> we need action! we need action >> reporter: they joined advocates calling for stricter gun safety measures following the mass shooting at the nashville private school that left six people dead on march 27 their chants with the bull horn from the podium in the house well led to the showdown >> we called for you all to ban assault weapons. and you respond with an assault on democracy >> reporte

your fellow democrat member, gloria johnson, she also took part in this process.ublican legislators are saying this is not about race. what is your response? gloria said herself, the only difference is our skin colour. they expelled the two youngest black lawmakers. their caucus of 75 members in tennessee has only one non—white member. in this whole session, they've made us feel unwelcome. they've said we should not talk about systemic racism, that we cannot be our full authentic selves and represent our districts. so this is clearly racism from the republican caucus and speaker cameron sexton in particular, who was the force behind the expulsion. so you have now lost your seat and you are aimless to achieve progress on gun reform. but are your plans now for achieving that reform now that you are out of office? we had thousands of young people there who are going to return on monday. now i am going to stand with them and demand that my colleagues act, because we were calling for a ban on assault weapons, weapons of war. and they responded with an assault on democr

representatives a justin jones, justin pearson and gloria johnson all face expulsion after they violated decorum last week . we will not be fine, interrupting proceedings demanding gun reform. um, leading a crowd of demonstrators through the house floor. jones and pearson using a bullhorn, black lawmakers expelled but gloria johnson, who is white, surviving removal by a single vote difference in the outcome. i will answer your question i might have to do with the color of our skin. what's your reaction? well, i mean, that's a false narrative on our part. yeah it's unfortunate. she's trying to put political racism in this which there was nothing on this. they were all given due process. those protests coming on the heels of the deadly nashville elementary school shooting that killed three staffers and 39 year old students, jones and pearson, calling their ouster, political retaliation and a public lynching their legacy on the wrong side of democrats across the country wing. then at the tennessee congressional black caucus, outraged the world is watching tennessee and yet again , they're w

being silent >> let's say that you broke rule what role did you break that your fellow colleague gloria johnson who did not ge expelled - didn't three of you do the exact same thing why did she why didn't she get expelled >> we were out there together. sister gloria said it best the only difference is ski color. they expelled the two youngest black lawmakers almost entirel white 75 member republican house caucus they only have one nonwhit member it was a strictly partisan vot expel us i think we cannot hide from th issue of race in this. there is systemic racism this is an attack on multi racial democracy we can clearly see this fo what it is >> justin, please stay with us i'm going to broaden the conversation and bring in holl mccaul, tennessee lookou editor in chief. michael steele joins us, forme maryland lieutenant governor a msnbc political analyst. charles coleman, a civil right attorney and former new york prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. holly, you covered this. i just went through it wit justin let's lay it out three state representatives, all protesting hand in han together - to we

gloria johnson was not. ve johnson said she thought it had to do with the color of their skin. do you agree with that assessment? >> i understand how some might think that. but i do not know what is in my colleagues' hearts. i think it is fair to say that my caucus lost two strong voices yesterday, and i am looking forward to them being reinstated soon. >> republicans say they broke the rules of decorum by protesting on the floor, do you think that they should have faced a different consequent is? >> people break house rules on a daily basis. they approached without permission from the speaker. i think that is a very moderate offense. but others who have served in the house in recent years, who have not been punished for anything, have done worse, including several who are under federal investigation and have had criminal charges brought against them. this year we had a member on the criminal justice committee advocate for lynching, which i a hate crime, and he sits on that committee still with no punishment.

tennessee state representative gloria johnson is with us. you back thank you for making the time. it seems for republicans i your state may have hit th nail a little too hard on th head with this one draw th line for us between what happened to you, what happened to your colleagues, and anti democratic policies includin gerrymandering that we'r seeing in tennessee? >> absolutely, and thank you for having me again, so we can talk about this importan issue. we are concerned, seriousl concerned about the slipping o democracy in tennessee, an even though our legislature wa really, in the first part, was on their best behavior, they allowed more debate, i did not see them ever allow this entir session, and possibly th previous session so, that was very interesting. but they could not hel themselves when it came to the resolutions to expel us. and if you watched closely the way that the questions wer asked, and how i was treated differently than my younge colleagues, who are both young black men, it was very clear i was apparent as they were bein

so, here is gloria johnson, the democrat. that stayed.>> why were those two expelled and you weren't? >> well, i think it's pretty clear. i'm 60-year-old white woman and they are two young black men. in listening to the questions and the way they were questioned and the way they were talked to, i was talked down to as a woman, man explained, too. but it was completely different from the questioning that they got. and this whole idea, you know, that you have to almost assimilate into this body to be like us. >> ainsley: guys, what do you make of that? >> what do i make of it? here's the thing. you have serious issues in tennessee. they want to look at -- they want to look at the red flag law. they want to look at arming every single school putting armed guards in front of them. they are going it look at everything that's going on with the private schools as well. and the way i understand it, they were trying to get through all this legislation. obviously people are hot. they don't want to get into the shooter why the psychiatrist thought i

down with those two former lawmakers, justin jones an justin pearson and the third legislatur gloria johnsonor. it representative johnson came close to expulsion herself, bu a vote narrowly failed by on vote she opened up to simone abou why she and particular was abl to keep her job and whethe racism at play in the tennesse cabinet. >> representative johnson, b one vote you are still a sitting member of the tennesse state legislature, why do yo believe you were not expelled >> because of the color of my skin >> so would you say that the members, the republican member of the tennessee state legislature are racist >> well, i would say that i wa sitting in criminal justic committee discussing a bil where we were like to add th firing squad and the electri chair to the methods for capital punishment and one o the members said, i think we need to add hanging by a tree. >> he called for hanging >> this was just a few weeks ago >> it was just mind-boggling. >> calling for hanging from tree check out simone, today an every weekend, 4 pm on msnbc more well she after a quic break. connect your busines

gloria johnson and justin pearson standing by.ly, each of them stood before the their colleagues are going to keep their jobs. jones and pearson both voted out. corey johnson surviving by a single vote. represented johnson since she was able to keep her job while her colleagues were not. alex perez leads us from nashville. >> alex: tonight, vice president kamala harris traveling to sanity to meet with the democratic representatives ousted by the state's republican-led house. >> expelled from the house. >> alex: the futures of those representatives now in the hands of local officials and their districts who have the power to reappoint them. representative justin jones and justin pearson and kori johnson all face expulsion after they violated the current last week. >> will not be silence. >> alex: demanding gun reform. leading a crowd of demonstrators into the house for. jones and pearson using a bullhorn. the black lawmakers expelled. gloria johnson who is white surviving removal by a sgl vote. >> why do you think there was a diffe

just in the last few minutes, a surprise twist, after republicans voted to expel jones, gloria johnsonrvived her vote of expulsion by one vote. they are still arguing about the third democrat, and there is an air of vengeance on both sides. >> i-70 to 25. >> i declare represented justin jones of the representative district expel. >> reporter: with that announcement, tennessee state house, contracted by one member, and america's political divide widened. >> the world is watching tennessee. >> reporter: the days first target are republicans state representative justin jones. >> no action! >> no pes! >> no action! >> no pes! >> reporter: no peace since this moment last week. jones, 1 of 3 democrats with a bullhorn, commandeering legislate of session, angry about last week's slaughter of innocents at the school. the super majority sobbed the trio as decorum-chattering renegades come unfit to serve one more day, including house speaker cameron sexton. >> in my opinion, they should be expelled. >> reporter: state rep senator gloria johnston another targeted democrat periods did you know how

action, stat representative justin pearso should discuss is return to th state, legislator and gloria johnson will speak out on th issue that threatens their political futures. gun control. i am a man what he, let's ge started. here is one thing that we ar learning about manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg he is a fighter. this week, in an extraordinary and aggressive move, bragg sue congressman jim jordan asking court to block parts of th republican-led house judiciary committee's inquiry into his investigation. the 50-page suit accuses jim jordan of a, quote unprecedentedly brazen and unconstitutional attack. it slams his requests as lacking the quote basi principles of federalism and common sense gragson turns called out jorda and his fellow republicans for carrying out a quote campaig of harassment against hi office now, the suit says that th d.a.'s office has received mor than 1000 calls and emails fro trump supporters, many of whic are threatening and racially charged in nature. bragg's attorneys also asked the court to quash the subpoen sent to former assistant dea mark pomerantz,

action, state representativ justin pearson will discuss hi return to the state legislatur and gloria johnson will spea out on the issue that threaten their political futures, gun control. i'm ayman, let's get started here's one thing that learning about manhattan district attorney alvin bragg he is a fighter. this week, in an extraordinary and aggressive move, bragg sue congressman jim jordan, asking a court to block part of the republicans -- into his investigation the 50-page suit accuses jim jordan of a quote unprecedente leap raisin an unconstitutional attack. slams his request as lacking the quote basic principles o federalism and common sense. brexit tierney is cold out jordan and his fello republicans for carrying out a quote campaign of harassment against his office now, the suit says that th d.a.'s office has received mor than 1000 calls and emails fro trump supporters, many of whic are threatening and racially charged in nature. brags attorneys also asked the court to quash the subpoen sent to former assistant dea mark pomerantz whose testimony they say will cause quote, imminent i

the world watched those same republicans a vote to spar gloria johnson, a white woman, from expulsionme so-called crime of protesting for gun reform in a state with some of the weakest gun laws in the nation state representative glori johnson had this to say afte republicans failed to find enough votes to remove her >> keep watching, for th nation keep watching. we are losing our democracy. we need to make sure that we stomp out this march t fascism. >> gloria johnson speaking directly to the studen protesters at the tennesse state capitol, who have been demonstrating in the aftermath of the latest mass murder fo the simple reason -- they don't want to be murdered in their classrooms. according to the washingto post, more than 349,00 students have experienced gu violence at school since columbine. they were more school shooting in 2020 to - 46 - than in any year since at leas 1999 more than 349,000 american have been traumatized by republican inaction. today, president biden spoke with justin jones, who glori johnson, and justin pearson to quote, i thank them for thei leadership and c