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And as Heather Cox Richardson writes, in North Carolina's daughter state of Tennessee, at a special legislative session, Republicans blocked the public from holding signs and kicked the public out of a hearing. They also passed rules that can prohibit Democrats from speaking.

#Tennessee #Republicans #racism #democracy

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-30-2023

William Lindsey :toad: 2y ago

Also: [Republican] House speaker Cameron Sexton silenced young Black Democratic representative Justin Jones for a day and today suggested the Republicans might make the rule silencing minority members permanent."

There's a pattern here, and it's not hard to see. Republicans want to shut up Black people and those who stand with them as they address issues of discrimination or — Florida — expect our schools to teach the truth about the past.

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