Just a few days ago, I watched in stunned horror, (along with most of America) the egregious, racist expulsion of two, young, black Tennessee state legislators. The White legislator was spared expulsion due to one vote in her favor. Their crime? They lent their voices to citizen protestors in the wake of yet ANOTHER horrific mass shooting last month, this time in Nashville.
We can’t vote those two legislators back in to their lawfully elected seats, but there is an action we can take here. We can take a few moments to call, email or text our Democratic representatives and ask them to introduce a resolution censuring the Tennessee Republicans for their anti-democratic and racist removal of their colleagues.
We also need to explain this resolution is not only a shunning of the Tennessee Republican legislature but, should this get to a vote in New Hampshire, it would put any NH Republican legislators who vote against it on record as supporting anti-democratic and racist actions.
Step 1 is to contact your Democratic representatives and let them know you want this resolution proposed to express the will of the people. To be clear, we don’t expect New Hampshire to act upon EVERY injustice that happens throughout our country, but this expulsion by the Tennessee Republican legislature smacks of authoritarianism and is very dangerous for our democracy and our nation! Make sure your reps understand this.
Step 2 is to then remind voters during the next election cycle of those candidates who were in support of anti-democratic and racist actions!
To contact your representatives, here are the links: