An Acute Attack of Trumpism in Tennessee
Shame is a toxic emotion, and it often causes people to direct hostility outward.
What’s happened in Tennessee in recent weeks should be no surprise, coming from a party whose sensibilities and racial attitudes are embodied by Donald Trump.
Earlier this month, House Republicans in Tennessee, the state in which the Ku Klux Klan was , overwhelmingly voted to expel two young Black lawmakers, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson. Their offense? A of decorum and procedural rules. They led protest chants on the House floor following the mass shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville. Representative Gloria Johnson joined Jones and Pearson in the protests, but the vote to expel.
