In 2023, Tennessee State Representatives Justin Pearson, Justin Jones, and Gloria Johnson were dubbed the Tennessee Three. They came under fire from Republicans who control the Tennessee legislature for pushing for gun control measures following a tragic school shooting. And while Representative Johnson narrowly escaped expulsion, her colleagues didn’t.
Thankfully, Jones and Pearson were reelected to their seats, because we need them all in Tennessee now more than ever.
Tennessee State Representative Gloria Johnson stopped by Lincoln Square with Susan J. Demas to shine a light on the push from Republicans, following their counterparts in several other Southern states and redraw Congressional lines in the wake of the SCOTUS Callais decision. And she certainly isn’t pulling any punches. Here she was last week on the Tennessee House floor calling out this maneuver for what it is — a “white power grab.”
