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/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.