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Jennifer Rubin: Aftershocks from Tennessee Republicans’ fiasco may resonate for years "Tennessee Republican state representatives’ outlandish recent expulsion of two Black Democratic lawmakers brought shame on the #[0] and on a state with a dismal history of voter repression. But the attempt to silence the lawmakers, for leading a youth-driven gun protest at the Capitol following the March 27 Nashville school slaughter, might also have accelerated two key developments: (1) awareness that social change is inextricably linked to democracy’s defense, and (2) engagement of young voters, who have lately been showing their muscle." #[1] #[2] #[3] #[4] #[5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/18/tennessee-guns-youth-race
