Brad Batt for TN State Sanity ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾
@bradbatt
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Former Democratic state house candidate in East TN. Anti-fascist
Johnson City, TN
Joined January 2009
When the GOP says they want to move something “back to the states” you’re about to lose some rights.
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"Nobody wants to work anymore" has big time "Girls don't want to date nice guys" energy.
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JD says there’s a movie that is extremely influential to his entire political worldview and I promise you with a thousand years of searching IMDB you’re never guessing this one
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WOW: Nashville airport cop threatens to arrest stranded passengers who are standing in line at a Southwest counter to rebook their cancelled flights (1/2)
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LEFT: A child crying on a school bus in Nashville today after a school shooting. RIGHT: A “Christmas card” posted by the congressman who represents that child’s district
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I was told that masks were traumatizing to children
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A lawyer asks the cop to cite the law he was threatening to arrest them under. He cannot. (2/2)
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Diana’s husband went to jail for 4 years for Medicare fraud. They paid $1.2M in fines and asset seizures. She was Secretary of the company for over a decade until she became president—four months before her husband’s indictment. Then she self-funded her congressional campaign 🤔
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I don’t know how to explain it, but if you grew up in evangelical circles you know never to trust a man like this
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on why he hasn’t a disclosed a bank account since 2016: . "I am a man of modest means." @atrupar.
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Tennessee State Sen. Joey Hensley had sex with his 2nd cousin and prescribed her painkillers (at least 47 times) over the course of their torrid affair. Now he wants to ban books from our public schools for "obscenity" 🤔
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This is Unicoi county hospital, so how about a state of emergency instead
I’m proud to proclaim today, September 27, as a voluntary Day of Prayer & Fasting across the Volunteer State. Maria & I invite all Tennesseans to join us as we humble ourselves before the Lord, seek His wisdom, & ask for continued grace & favor over TN & her people.
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This Tennessee congressman met his wife when she was still in high school and married her just a few years later when she was 21 and he was 45
"God's children are not for sale." . What a powerful message from The Sound of Freedom blockbuster about the despicable practice of sex trafficking. We must take a stand for these children. An essential step is securing our border. Thanks to the actors and the hero behind the
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A special shout-out to the @TheTNHoller and @Kanew, without whom we may never have had such a spotlight shown on the corruption of this out-of-control gerrymandered radical supermajority Republican Party here in Tennessee
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BREAKING: Tim Walz was seen saying “Bless you” after someone sneezed, despite having no clerical authority to bestow blessings. When will the charade end?.
BREAKING: Tim Walz tells his children “Great job, champ” after their sports games even when they did not in fact win a championship.
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This guy wants to ban discussions of race and sex at universities. He’s the Senator who illegally prescribed drugs to his second-cousin while he was banging her. Not expelled btw. Very decorum.
Right now they have shut down Democrats debate on SB817, a bill to end discussions of race and sex and more in universities. They have clearly learned nothing from the past two weeks.
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On @maddow right now @brotherjones_ says he was on the elevator today with Rep. Bud Hulsey—who filed the expulsion bill against him—and asked him “Did you learn anything from this experience?”. Hulsey remained silent. #TennesseeThree #TN3
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There is more love and compassion in this clip of @Justinjpearson comforting a Covenant Mom than anything I’ve seen come out of the state legislature in a decade. Not only do we need Justin reappointed immediately, we need a dozen more just like him.
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This is an absurd lie that drives fear and hatred
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On his way out @brotherjones_ stops and hugs @VoteGloriaJ because he is a man of character, compassion, empathy, and genuine love — everything that the radical @TNGOP who just expelled him is not #TennesseeThree #TN3
Chants of "Vote no!" are heard in the Tennessee House chamber ahead of expected votes to potentially expel Reps. Justin Jones, Gloria Johnson (seen hugging), and Justin Pearson, who all participated in a gun control protest inside the state Capitol last week.
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Phil died from COVID
If I may quote the late, GREAT Phil Valentine "Fear is the Pandemic." Fauci was the Doctor of Fear and should be prosecuted for the fraud that he KNOWINGLY perpetuated on the American people. I'm not talking about being wrong during unprecedented times, I'm talking KNOWINGLY.
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Nazis marched in Nashville today.
An open Southwest border is our greatest national security risk.
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This is theft of wealth from Black people. Period. “You can’t buy no land here for $3,500 an acre. You can’t buy a swamp here for $3,500” Sanderlin said. “I told them this is the biggest ripoff there is. They want your land, but they don’t want you to participate in the wealth.”
ICYMI: Black farmers in a west Tennessee community are engaged in the latest fight for their land, as @myTDOT exercise's eminent domain for Ford Blue Oval City.
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Mike Lee is shocked to hear what Mike Lee has been saying
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After everything we just watched with the #TennesseeThree, House Speaker @CSexton25 really went on a far-right podcast and said “AFTER THAT COVENANT THING”. I hope the media keeps the spotlight on this cruel and callous speaker and his corrupt party. Despicable 🤬🤬🤬
Keep talking @CSexton25 — we want the world to hear you cause y’all always tell on yourself #TennesseeThree.
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These girls who dressed up as Karens just won Halloween
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My dad's in the ICU for the 2nd time b/c of COVID. My parents refused to get vaccinated and hid from me that he was already in the ICU for 8 days on high oxygen. I guess they expected me to be mad. I'm not mad. I'm sad. For them. They will have to bear their own regret 😢.
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If you had a flight cancelled on Southwest make sure you watch this from @ErikaKullberg on how to get a full refund for your ticket plus reimbursement for clothes, etc 👇🏼.
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The main reason you don’t want to “try that in a small town” in Tennessee is there’s no rural hospitals.
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He means you @AndyOgles
All politicians who pose with their AR-15’s should also pose with those gruesome piles of innocent victims.
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I’m gonna drop this video every time one of you goofy trolls calls the #TenneseeThree protest to protect kids from gun violence an “insurrection” because y’all are ridiculous
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If we had $1.5-2BN a year in federal revenue coming in, we could build more hospitals that aren’t in floodplains. That’s why Tennessee must come out of the dark ages and pass Medicaid expansion like 40 other states have. 14 years of GOP trifecta rule is enough. They’ve failed.
This is Unicoi county hospital, so how about a state of emergency instead
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You gotta read it a few times to fully appreciate how breathtakingly stupid this is
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“This sounds like fascism, this sounds like authoritarianism, this doesn’t sound like democracy or freedom and so again this bill is very troubling” – @brotherjones_.
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Tennessee is making drag shows a felony. Anyways, here’s a picture of @GovBillLee from his 1977 Franklin High yearbook. Anyone know his drag name?
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In most states they have a Speaker of the House. In Tennessee we have a Grand Wizard. #TennesseeThree #TN3
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Rep. David Hawk says it “hurts his heart” because the crowd outside cheered when someone said these old men would eventually be dead and gone. The one consistency about @TNGOP men is the complete lack of empathy, centering themselves, and focusing solely on their own feelings
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If you’re watching and supporting the #TennesseeThree today be sure to follow them:. 👉🏼 Rep. Gloria Johnson (Knoxville) @VoteGloriaJ. 👉🏼 Rep. Justin Pearson (Memphis) @Justinjpearson. 👉🏼 Rep. Justin Jones (Nashville) @brotherjones_. They represent the best of Tennessee 🧡
“There was just a vote in the Tennessee State Legislature to expel three Democratic representatives … because they had the audacity to stand up and protest for gun safety legislation”. Thank you @AOC for speaking up on this! 💙💙💙
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Absolutely masterful plan by the @TNGOP to show off their unbridled hubris and corruption for all the nation to see by expelling the two youngest Black lawmakers from the TN House, only to have them immediately reappointed and resoundingly re-elected 🔥🔥🔥. 10/10 guys. No notes
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Is it lawless or are seizures up? Cause it can’t be both
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Could have probably used that $1.9BN right about now
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JOHNSON CITY, TN : Republican candidate for school board, Ginger Carter, emails the town mayor, city manager, and chief of police because she was ticketed going 44mph in a 30mph zone
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You and @MarshaBlackburn literally just voted against the “Right to IVF Act” yesterday.
A Trump Administration would be pro-IVF, despite the lies Democrats tell you.
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This guy prayed for his buddies to go to SCOTUS and attack trans kids. Then he went and got drunk, ran a stop sign, pulled a hit and run, and pissed his pants while getting arrested for DUI. If you’re wondering how things are going in Tennessee, he’s a State Senator
You go with our prayers Best of success!.
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“When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag, carrying the cross, and eating Chick-fil-A”.
Lawmakers are chowing down during the debate over a bill to allow teachers to be armed in public schools in Tennessee.
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1 in 5 kids in Tennessee live in poverty. Y’all ain’t saved anyone.
10k Tennessee babies are being saved every year. Thankful to live in a state that protects and values life.
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I know we lock people up for stealing $20 of groceries so this dude’s definitely getting jail time, right?.
Mississippi’s state auditor is demanding Brett Favre repay nearly $730,000 that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in the state.
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"It's clear, the world saw it on the debate stage a few weeks ago, a nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump talking about crowd sizes is not what we need in this moment." - Governor Walz. #WinningWithWalz
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Securing Tennessee is simple. Vote. Her. Out.
Securing the border is simple. Build. The. Wall.
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I dare anyone in America to find a Senator more worthless and contemptible than Marsha Blackburn.
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“This effort—to remove powers from elected…Democrats—has become the new method of disenfranchising voters and maintaining perpetual Republican political power. And it is being undertaken with alarming frequency and speed across the country.” – @SIfill_.
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TN State Sen. Ken Yager (R) shames the legislative body in front of these high school girls. Not for failing to protect them from gun violence. Not for the public school voucher heist. Nope. He shames them because they didn’t whistle at the teenage girls when they walked in.
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I’m a Tennessee Democrat. Of *course* I’m going to make sure we contest every race 💙🔥
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I want to thank @CSexton25 and the @TNGOP for creating this moment to allow all of America to see front and center, in plain view, how authoritarian this out-of-control gerrymandered supermajority party acts — something those of us in Tennessee have known for a while now #TN3
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I refuse to believe the best Tennessee has to offer is Marsha Blackburn and Bill Lee.
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Know how you get radical candidates like this? Maps drawn like this 👇🏼
BREAKING: A Member of the GOP leadership, Rep. Scotty Campbell, who voted to expel the Tennessee Three, has resigned after being accused of sexually harassing college interns. Why am I NOT surprised? . Details:. - Campbell has been accused of inappropriate advances and vulgar
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I’d love to see a strong candidate out of Memphis challenge Marsha Blackburn.
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1 in 4 kids in Tennessee live in poverty and children have been sleeping on the floor in underfunded child services offices. Any plans to “stand up” for them @BillHagertyTN?
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“You have not been here to witness everything that these two guys has done up to this point”. That’s what Rep. Hicks (R–Johnson City, TN) told me earlier this week. A strange statement considering there were 3 members up for expulsion. To me, it says it all. #TennesseeThree #TN3
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This bonehead calls it a “mutiny” now. First “insurrection”. Then a “mob”. Now “mutiny”. These old white dudes need to get over themselves. #TN3 #TennesseeThree
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ooooh wait until I tell you about prescription drugs and insulin
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1 in 5 kids in Tennessee live in poverty. An immigrant didn’t do that — the @TNGOP did.
Joe Biden continues to welcome illegal immigrants with open arms while American citizens pay the price.
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What the world witnessed yesterday in Tennessee was the death rattle of white supremacy. Their tired, old, hateful ideology is dying, so they have made a last ditch effort to grasp power and wield it against those who have worked to tear it down. Justice will prevail ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
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If Twitter dies I’m just gonna wrap my car with MARSHA BLACKBURN SUCKS and drive around Tennessee.
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“Research from the Princeton Gerrymandering Project shows that there is not a single competitive seat in the state senate”. I knew it was bad, but damn.
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getting my coffee this morning like
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Yesterday in Tennessee, Vice President Harris met with young leaders, former Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, and Rep. Gloria Johnson to discuss the undemocratic expulsion of lawmakers and the urgent need for commonsense gun safety reforms.
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Diane and her husband ran a pharmacy that was relabeling drugs for kidney dialysis patients. He went to jail for 4 years for swapping out cheaper meds imported from China. Diane had “no involvement” of course 🙄. Not surprising that she and Opioid Marsha get along.
Wishing my dear friend @DHarshbargerTN1 a Happy Birthday! Thank you for all that you do for Tennesseans. I hope you have a great birthday!
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Rep. Andrew Farmer talks about how it wasn’t an “easy thing for him to do” to draw up the resolution to expel Rep. Justin Pearson — truly embracing full toxic masculinity of making himself the victim. He calls Pearson’s actions of solidarity with protestors a “temper tantrum”
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@JuliaTerruso @RachelKnits The best part of these photos is the guy standing on the “Don’t Tread On Me” flag 🤣
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Starting to think the “Moms for Liberty” aren’t the best moms
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A gerrymandered supermajority ramming through extreme legislation while arresting citizens who dare to question them. Shameful. Tennessee deserves better than this out-of-control TNGOP.
Today Speaker Sexton had a mother arrested in the gallery while holding a sign opposing more guns in schools. Each day he grows more drunk with power, and is enabled by an extremist supermajority complicit in his authoritarianism. We are witnessing the death of our democracy.
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1 in 5 kids in Tennessee live in poverty and 46% of households cannot afford their routine bills. It’s an insult to call for a day of fasting when kids are going hungry. It’s even more insulting to call for prayer when you’re in a position to act.
This October 13, @MariaLeeTN & I hope you’ll join us once again for a day of prayer & fasting for our state & nation.
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VP @KamalaHarris walks in and greets everyone at Fisk University with a handshake until she gets to the #TennesseeThree — then it’s big hugs for @Justinjpearson @brotherjones_ and @VoteGloriaJ 💙💙💙.
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88% of white evangelicals voted for the absentee father who paid for multiple abortions over the guy who is an actual pastor at Martin Luther King’s church. White evangelicalism is about white supremacy and power. It has zero to do with the Bible, Jesus, or any kind of morality.
88% of White evangelical Christians voted for Herschel Walker vs. 11% for Raphael Warnock via @CNN exit polls.
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Rep @Justinjpearson says “I know it’s loud in here”, referencing the loud chants from the crowd outside. He goes on to talk about the “school to prison pipeline”. 1/2
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When Black Lives Matters protests were held here @GovBillLee called out the State Troopers and wasted $2M in taxpayer money doing so. Then the @TNGOP called a special session to pass laws targeted at the peaceful protests.
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Come after Dolly. We dare you.
Sen. Mike Azinger (of course) asked a WV Department of Education official just now what kind of books Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library free book program is sending young children. “I'm just curious the philosophy of the books," Azinger said.
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Anti-vaxxers did this
“Not one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate”. Well, that would mean no money to any school or college in the country. Of course, it also means a resurgence of measles, polio, mumps, whooping cough…. Should be fun.
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Some people use Tinder, others just swipe right on their family tree 🤷🏼♂️.
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Marsha is what happens when people who “do their own research” become a Senator.
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LEFT: Congressman Andy Ogles (R), who’s district includes Covenant School, posing with his family and their arsenal for a family Christmas photo. RIGHT: TN State Reps (D) begging for action on gun violence. Tell me about “decorum” @TNGOP. Teach me about Jesus. #TennesseeThree
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Both @Justinjpearson and @brotherjones_ gained about 100k followers yesterday. I hope they get 500k more by the end of the weekend. Let their voices resonate around the world! We will lift them up!
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There’s a Marjorie Taylor Greene in the Senate too and her name is Marsha Blackburn.
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I hope everyone between now and the Super Bowl sees this clip of Taylor Swift exposing Marsha Blackburn for the cold-hearted corrupt politician that she is.
Goddamn I love this video of @taylorswift13. She has a heart of gold, moral backbone of titanium, and balls of steel.
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This purposefully ignorant propaganda is really wearing thin. I cannot believe you get paid $174,000 a year to do absolutely nothing for this state. @MarshaBlackburn you are a CLOWN 🤡🤡🤡
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This is a terrible idea.
New Tennessee state bill would allow any active or retired military members to open carry guns on k-12 school campuses. 52 of the 197 mass shootings that killed 4+ people since 1966 were committed by current or retired members of the US Military.
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Was just reading my Bible where it says to love your neighbor except if you suspect them of getting an abortion in which case sue them for $10,000.
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Every time you look you see @Justinjpearson and @brotherjones_ standing up for Tennesseans 💙💙💙.
Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones intervened as troopers were taking one or more protesters into custody. 2/
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Listen to me carefully please: . THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. They want to do away with public education and force you into private K-12 school debt or force your kid into the fields/factory. That’s the game. That’s what they are doing. In plain sight.
Speaker @CSexton25 says we can “afford” to reject $2 Billion in federal education funds. (Reminder: His kid goes to private school).
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It’s time to end 14 years of failed Republican government in Tennessee
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