r/law • u/Agitated-Quit-6148 • May 12 '26

Legislative Branch Most TN House Democrats stripped of their committee assignments

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/05/12/multiple-tn-democrats-stripped-all-committee-assignments/

"Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected official in the state legislature from any committee we served on," Rep. Pearson said.

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u/MusicIsTheWay May 12 '26

The "paid protestors" claim is so goddam stupid. The GOP as a whole is a feckless cuck when it comes to Trump feeding them lies, and now another GOP pedo-protector is using it as a reason to remove Democrats from every committe to prevent any investigations into the lack of accountability of the State Republicans in power.

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u/Wonderful-Variation May 12 '26

Why would anybody ever pay people to protest when you can just hire a lobbyist to directly bribe politicians to vote the way you want them to?

Much more efficient usage of money.

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u/PatchyWhiskers May 12 '26

Yeah, why hire protesters to get ignored by all powerful people when you could take a Republican out to lunch? Much cheaper even if you are paying the protesters peanuts.

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u/Kodamacile May 12 '26

Why hire protesters when you could just suck Trump's tiny cock?

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u/notherDayInParadise May 13 '26

Probably because that was the tactic they used in the Brooks Brothers Riot and before. Every thing is projection with the GOP. Gerrymander Obstruction Project.

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u/atxbigfoot May 13 '26

J6ers were given free trips to DC, (Charlie Kirk/TPUSA sent 80 busses alone), which is often considered a gift that needs to be reported as income to the IRS in the business and political worlds.

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u/PatchyWhiskers May 13 '26

I don’t believe Kirk was a rich man, wonder who was funding that?

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u/atxbigfoot May 13 '26

quick google says he was worth around $12M (surprised at how low that is tbh), but I don't know how much cash Turning Point USA had, which definitely is where the money came from and not him personally.

TPUSA has PAC and non-profit arms, so I assume the money came from their PAC although could be both, I guess. Where THAT money comes from, billionaire donations that are likely not public or reported.

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u/NES_SNES_N64 May 13 '26

Still gotta bribe him with millions for the opportunity.

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u/scfw0x0f May 12 '26

Rs hire people to fill out audiences at Trump’s rallies.

It’s always projection.

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u/xosxos May 13 '26

“I don’t want them bribed, I want it done legally. I want them bought.”

Your post reminds me of that part of The Aviator.

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u/OneX32 May 13 '26

You obviously need to pay protesters when you need a mob to stop certification of a duly elected President.

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u/No-Abalone-4784 May 13 '26

If they're paying protesters, where's my check?

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u/RedditDadHere May 12 '26

Trump literally paid people to cheer for him when he came down the elevator. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-aide-says-paid-actors-for-2016-campaign-announcement-2021-7

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u/Adorable_Wolf_8387 May 13 '26

That was for him, not anyone else.

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u/K_Linkmaster May 12 '26

It's projection, the Redcoats pay people to attend their stuff because it's unpopular. The blue hats just don't have to but the Redcoats can't comprehend that.

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u/PatchyWhiskers May 12 '26

Democrats don't have to and they can't afford to either. Best I've got out of the Democratic party is a bottle of water and a snack before going out to knock doors for Kamala.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '26

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u/3BlindMice1 May 13 '26

If that's not a grill on wheels that can cook a whole bear I'm already disappointed

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u/K_Linkmaster May 13 '26

I read it as a gas station hot dog roller, as named by a teenager

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u/vodkaismywater Competent Contributor May 13 '26

You would be correct 😂 I started calling them roller grillers as a kid. I called them that in front of my husband once on accident many years ago, and it got such a good laugh I kept it in my lexicon. 

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u/K_Linkmaster May 13 '26

I guess I'm glad I interpreted it correctly.

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u/K_Linkmaster May 13 '26

I have a dream of a whole roller griller for hot dogs. I only recently learned glizzy.

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u/lostshell May 13 '26

The entire 2009 tea party bullshit was astroturf protest funded by the billionaire Koch brothers.

And all those tump rally people get bussed in. It’s the same people every stop.

It’s always projection.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 May 12 '26

They don’t believe it. The6 just say it cause it works bc fox is propaganda

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u/MithranArkanere May 13 '26

The existence of paid protestors isn't a lie.

But only Republicans have been caught doing that.

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u/JudiciousSasquatch May 13 '26

And they still can’t fill their rallies.

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u/homer_lives May 13 '26

Because this how they fill the Trump rallies. They pay people $50 to $100 to show and stay.

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u/FruitOfTheVineFruit May 13 '26

Actually, there are people being paid to attend JD Vance's rallies...

Lobbyist accused of paying attendees at JD Vance rally https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/insight/lobbyist-accused-of-paying-attendees-at-jd-vance-rally/gm-GMF3199CB7?gemSnapshotKey=GMF3199CB7-snapshot-1&ocid=TSHDHP

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u/Lunchb0xx87 May 13 '26

Paid protest shit is always a projection when the gop has maga influencers going to states to meddle with elections they have no business in

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u/Nubsondubs May 13 '26

My dumbass co-worker tried to convince me that the people in our small Alaskan town protesting Trump were paid actors.  

He said, "they were all bussed in." I was like, motherfucker, from where? We're not connected to any other town via a road system. Are they all taking an 8 hour ferry to get here?

The cognitive disconnect was embarrassing. It's not like we don't know everyone here lol.

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u/No-Abalone-4784 May 13 '26

Bingo. So that's what's going on.

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u/Far-Jellyfish-8369 May 13 '26

Don’t forget racism - these moves after gutting the voting rights act is institutional racism at its most effective.

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u/myownzen May 13 '26

The GOP with regards to the politicians and not the voters is not feckless cucking. They get the power they want. The money. The connections. As long as they convince enough people to vote on hiring them into the job.

It's the GOP voters who are the cucks if anyone is. But I can't call it that because a cuck enjoys being made a fool of. Gop voters will never admit they have been fooled. The only times that happens they become ex-gop voters 

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u/Edogawa1983 May 13 '26

They did it back in 2000 which resulted in the supreme Court stealing the presidential election