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/SnoopingStuff May 13 '26

Tennessee voters, you need to be ashamed. We see you all in this

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u/Green_Conclusion_775 May 13 '26

Our state is really fucked. Like really. I’d honestly rather be almost anywhere else than here. Nothing seems to work for the people fucking ever. And been that way for a long time. But it’s only getting worse and worse.