Tennessee lawmaker ousted for protesting gun violence rails colleagues

Two ousted lawmakers who protested on the state's House floor said the legislature has 'always been toxic' and accused the Speaker of treating it like his 'personal palace.'

Democratic former State Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were voted to be expelled from the Tennessee by their colleagues after using a bullhorn to protest gun violence on the floor.

It came following the latest shooting that left six dead at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee.

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