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They may prosper, time will tell.
But it should not have been the purview of the Tennessee House to eject them for a 'disturbance' limited to just that body.
Censure them? Oh sure. Fine 'em? Oh sure.
Take away committee assignments? Oh, sure.
Give 'em uncomfortable chairs or signal in many myriad ways the body's unhappiness with their actions? Why not?
But....importantly, the House members didn't elect these two men to their positions. The people of their districts did. And the most legitimate way to remove them is to vote them out.
I ain't a Tennessean, but......but this was handle badly for Tennessee. Forget the nuance of the white legislator having better manners than the two black legislators. The reality is....they are black. She is white. She stays. They go.
Hell yes, optics matter.
Tennessee looks bad....or, at minimum, the Tennessee House looks, at minimum, racist.