All day Thursday April 6, 2023 the TN State House met, TN Rep. Justin “Brother Jones” was expelled in a vote of 72 in favor and 25 in opposition. Kingsport Rep. Bud Hulsey was the Resolution author. Jones will most surely return. East Tennessee versus Middle Tennessee, Elderly Caucasian Male versus Young African American male.
Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knox represented by former Rep. John Mark Windle and Rep. Mike Stewart faced Rep. Gino Bulso of Williamson County. The charges against Gloria were not accurate, she did not hold a mega phone. she did not slam her hand on the podium. Rep. Bulso’s Resolution was crafted and written like the evidence against O.J. Simpson and as OJ’s defense attorney Johnny Cochran said about the glove, if the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit. In a vote of 65 in favor and 30 against, Gloria survived and is not expelled. Middle Tennessee versus East Tennessee, Caucasian male versus Caucasian female.
Rep. Justin Pearson of Shelby County was expelled by a vote of 69 in favor and 26 in opposition, he too will surely return. Sevier County Rep. Andrew Farmer was the author of the Resolution to Expel Pearson. West Tennessee versus East Tennessee, African American versus Caucasian. Rep. Farmer himself no stranger to controversy, I broke this story in early 2019 about his law practice billboards. Joel Ebert of the USA Network Tennessean/Knox News wrote this story citing my work, my photos and a quote or two and then my follow-up post here.
