#gloria johnson

[liberalsarecool]

Gloria Johnson is the future. Principled. Great morals. Stands up for school children.

Marsha Blackburn is 1860 Confederacy. Might as well keep the white hood on. Her tweets are below junior high-level maturity.

Vote Blue. Tennessee deserves a new vision.

[itsmythang]

REP. @VoteGloriaJ: “I was like this can’t be real, but it is. I went to the website… House Republicans are just big ol’ racists and don’t care who knows it.” Gloria confirms what we said — White male Dems (except Powell) still have committees, Black & Female Dems were removed.

[imkeepinit]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

[twitter :: Janet @bekindhavehope] ::  

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      Small acts of resistance by Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks were grains of sand that changed the angle of repose of segregation in the Jim Crow South. Their actions toppled three generations of laws, rules, and "customs" piled on the shoulders of Black citizens denied liberties guaranteed by the Constitution.

         So, too, with the small demonstration in the well of the Tennessee assembly last week by Justin Jones, Justin Pearson, and Gloria Johnson. Their acts of resistance have set in motion grains of sand that dislodge others nearby, which in turn dislodge others . . . .

The chain reaction has begun. The movements will be imperceptible at first but—once started—are unstoppable. One small act of resistance by a single person is all that is necessary to overcome the angle of repose of decades of discrimination and injustice. Justin Pearson. Justin Jones. Gloria Johnson. You.

         We are watching history unfold and repeat itself as news leaders arise to lead the next generation. Our hearts should be glad and filled with hope!

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

[thepoliticalfuckery]

[swan2swan]

Keep the eyes on Tennessee, because this was a dramatic move from the right that clearly indicates their playstyle for the next few years, and it’s not subtle.

Expelling two (black) members from their House because they joined with a protest in the house is a clear indication that the right’s takeaway from 1/6/21 and its fallout is “slap the label of ‘insurrection’ on any mass protest on government property”. This was retaliation, pure and simple, and the fact that Gloria Johnson was NOT expelled also exposes the racist backbone running through its center.

Hopefully, Tennessee’s voters will shake the fascist members of its House out come next election (and hopefully Mssrs. Jones and Pearson will return to their seats after winning the special election in a few weeks, where they will be able to continue representing the people who sent them to Nashville). Remember that politics begin and end at the local level, so keep watching this state.

[arwyd]

Sunday always comes. Resurrection is a promise, and it is a prophecy. It’s a prophecy that came out of the cotton fields. It’s a prophecy that came out of the lynching tree. It’s a prophecy that still lives in each and every one of us to make the state of Tennessee the place it ought to be. So I’ve still got hope, because I know we are still here and we will never quit.

-Representative Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) on the day of his expulsion (04/06/2023) from the Tennessee House of Representatives, for standing with his constituents as they protested gun violence following a school shooting that left 6 dead at The Covenant School in Nashville on March 27, 2023.

[gwydionmisha]

One of the Tennessee three, TN State Rep. Gloria Johnson, announces U.S. Senate bid

Tennessee State Rep. Gloria Johnson joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss her campaign for a seat in the U.S. Senate and how she plans to beat

Want to contribute to her run? https://www.votegloriajohnson.com/