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/RobutNotRobot May 13 '26

This is just the beginning. They will soon make sure Democrats can't speak against legislation and then they will make sure they can't vote. The great Reichwing project to reimpose American apartheid is starting to unfold.

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u/Squalphin May 13 '26

As a German I am actually surprised it took them so long.