C&L: Effed Around & Found Out -- TN House Speaker Might Not Live In His Own District!

[TheBlackAdder]

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All of a sudden everyone is investigating Tennessee Republicans. And their House Speaker may not live in his district? Whoops.

A week after Tennessee Republicans expelled two Democrats from the state House for a breach of decorum, wealthy Republicans from around the country will arrive in Tennessee for a Republican National Committee donor retreat. It’s simultaneously a bad look for the party and completely fitting. Republicans jetting in for that should be faced with some tough questions about what’s going on in Tennessee, where the House Republicans who expelled Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson have a recent history of overlooking unsavory behavior by some of their own—and are reportedly even now continuing to overlook their own House speaker’s far graver violation than a breach of decorum.

The Republican donor event will be headlined by Donald Trump and also feature Mike Pence, four senators, three governors, and six House members. There is serious cash on the line, in other words. “Privately, Republicans acknowledged to Playbook the inconvenience of visiting a state where local party leaders are mired in ugly headlines and accusations of racism,” Politico reports. Oh, an inconvenience. How awkward and uncomfortable for them, the poor dears. “Their presence, they know, will likely invite questions about whether national Republicans condone the decisions of their Volunteer State brethren—and reporters are likely to hear wildly different answers depending on which GOP officials they ask.”

While reporters are asking Republicans questions about that, they could add questions about what appears to be a far more serious violation by the Republican Tennessee House speaker, Cameron Sexton. Popular Information’s Judd Legum reports that Sexton doesn't seem to live in the district he represents. While members of the U.S. House are not required to live in their districts (though it usually helps), it’s different in the Tennessee House: There, the state constitution specifies, “Each district shall be represented by a qualified voter of that district.”

More at the jump:
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/04/effed-around-tennessee-gop-about-find-out

GOP pedos, cheats, frauds and their enablers are being unearthed.

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[Deuxcents]

1. Well, well, well. This is interesting 🤔

[Cha]

2. I was wondering why that would hurt Sexton.. ?

There, the state constitution specifies, “Each district shall be represented by a qualified voter of that district.”

Now I know! FAFO!

[Blue Owl]

11. Time for an installment of Stephen Colbert's "Better Know A District"!

The Fightin' 25th should give him the boot!!!

[Cha]

12. !+1000s!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. It is a shameful stain on this country that there are still Republicans in office.

[BigmanPigman]

5. A bigger shame is how many so called "freedom loving"

reps will never feel shame since they have gerrymandered the electorate in a zillion different counties and cities in the US. Dem voters need a 10% lead in voter turn out in too many areas of the US and the GQP feels empowered. They feel no shame or fear, and these greedy, hate filled, hypocritical liars and the cheaters will continue to win. Fucking assholes! This all started with Reagun. It is ingrained in their party.

[ecstatic]

4. The rules don't apply to them. I really hope someone follows up

Live by the sword, die by the sword.

[Zorro]

6. Sounds like a good reason for expulsion

[DET]

7. Well, that's easy...

They’ll just change the state constitution. That’s the way they roll.

[Skittles]

8. FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT

FUCK THESE FASCIST ASSHOLES

[ZonkerHarris]

9. He took $35K a year in "expenses" too. The avg person makes under $29K in TN

The GOP grift strikes again.

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. Travel expenses!

He knows he didn’t drive those miles.

Thief!

[B.See]

10. yep