@therootnews: Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) has barred all 24 House Democrats from standing committees and subcommittees for participating in a protest during a special session on redistricting. “This is the same pattern of racial discrimination and authoritarian abuse we have come to expect,” Rep. Justin Jones (D) wrote online. The two-and-a-half-hour session, which took place on May 7, ended with a vote to redraw congressional maps. During that vote — which ultimately demolished a majority-Black voting district — Democrats stood at the front of the House chamber and locked arms in a stance of defiance, while attendees in the visitors’ gallery yelled and chanted. In a letter to House Democratic leader Karen Camper on Tuesday, Sexton claimed the Dems’ actions were “aimed at disrupting the democratic and legislative processes and creating disorder.” “When Democrats stand up, speak out, and expose what is happening in this chamber, the response from this supermajority is retaliation,” Camper later wrote on social media. “We are hurt. We are disappointed. But we are not intimidated.” Committee removal will remain for the remainder of the year. “When you challenge white supremacy, white supremacists like Ku Klux Cameron Sexton push back by taking away your committee assignments,” Rep. Justin Pearson (D) wrote. “This doesn’t make the fight any less worth it; in fact, it is the perfect validation that we’re on the right side of history.” Tennessee Senate Speaker Randy McNally (R) is considering taking action against six Senate Democrats who also locked arms with House colleagues during the protest. #Tennessee #Redistricting #VotingRights #BlackVoters #BlackAmerica

F**K Trump F**K ICE :

The MAGATs are more emboldened because the pedophile they elected still hasn’t been prosecuted.

agodoy420 :

How is this even a democracy anymore!?!?! Wtf is happening here!!!

Colin Gaskin755 :

Stand up

purpleandunbothered :

Letsgobluey26&! :

Disgraceful and racist

Jeanine Hill736 :

I will never ever visit TN again.

bbaca32 :

WTH 🙄 SERIOUSLY NOOOO 😡

Fed up :

That’s bullshit!

chelle_belle_724 :

How is that allowed and legal??

Gloria4776 :

Outrageous.

Dlove :

💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

Letsgobluey26&! :

🤨🤨🤨

toomanyhoursontt :

😡😡😡

Rileyfla :

Can you imagine if this was reversed and a majority black assembly removed the white members?!?! This is disgusting and the majority who participated in this have made their name in history as corrupt politicians who are loyal to a corrupt president. Vote 💙💙💙

Liz B 🐢 :

Staying silent hasn’t worked. We ALL need to stand up and replace these people!! I pray the younger generation comes to the polls in ALL states and votes them out.

Call me Spele :

Republicans are a cancer to democracy.

coment :

The African continent must draw a clear and permanent delineation from the political and historical ideology promoted by ADOS (American Descendants of Slavery) and FBA (Foundational Black Americans) movements. While diasporic ties may carry sentimental value, ADOS/FBA ideology is fundamentally toxic to African interests because it centers Black American grievances, victimhood narratives, and reparations claims that implicitly blame Africa for the transatlantic slave trade or demand special privileges based on suffering that occurred outside African soil. This ideology promotes a zero-sum, race-reductionist worldview imported from the United States — one that frames all historical and economic outcomes through the lens of American racial politics, which has no relevance to the diverse ethnic, religious, and national realities of African societies. ADOS/FBA activists have openly opposed African immigration to the United States, lobbied for preferential treatment over African-born Black immigrants, and advanced historical narratives that erase African agency, pre-colonial civilizations, and contemporary African sovereignty. For Africa to advance, it must reject being dragged into American racial wars, refuse to validate foreign victim hierarchies, and treat Black Americans as a distinct ethnic group with their own interests — interests that often conflict with Africa's. Delineation does not mean hostility; it means maturity: Africa is not a prop for foreign identity politics.

SwiftieJet :

This was all in Project2025 they were going to remove Democrats either way. They want to steam roll policies. Soon they will make it so Black people and Women can't vote.

user3208843072074 :

This is disgraceful. White folks need to wake up and vote these fools out.

Vicki :

These assholes are really getting out of hand. This is not democracy.!!!!! it’s gonna blow up in their faces at some point

georgeevanart :

White washing!!!! 😡😡😡

Regime change now :

White supremacy at its finest

Nalizha👽🪷 :

Yall keep asking about how’s this a democracy… when will yall wake up to the fact it was never one to began with.