Tennessee GOP's Scandals and Silence on Expulsions

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Tennessee GOP's Scandals and Silence on Expulsions
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Calls for Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton's resignation have grown after he organized a vote to expel two Black Democrat lawmakers from the chamber for staging a protest over gun control. Sexton is also facing allegations of not living in the districts he represents, claiming unnecessary expenses from taxpayers, and having an affair. Thousands of Christians have signed an online petition demanding he vacates the speaker's chair, accusing him of acting with racist intentions by seeking to remove the two Black representatives who protested, and not the white representative who demonstrated alongside them.

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