Opinion: For Johnson, Jones and Pearson, both the facts and the law are against them
House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) speaks at a press conference on Thursday, March 30. Sexton said the conduct of state Reps.Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Justin J. Pearson (D-Memphis) was “unacceptable.” (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
Jordan Carpenter
Jordan Carpenter is a lawyer based in Memphis. He is an Army veteran, a member of the Federalist Society, and the Fourth Vice-chairman of the Republican Party of Shelby County.
“If Johnson, Jones and Pearson think winning the argument means raising their personal profiles and raising lots of money to win safe Democratic seats, then the pounding and yelling seem to have paid off.”
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“While my voice is just one that will likely go unheard by itself, I know it won’t be ignored as part of the larger, necessary movement that is already growing in this state, a movement that is being led by our children and the Tennessee Three.”
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“I think there is no question that Justin Pearson’s expulsion has given him a much bigger pulpit from which to preach. I now count myself as a member of his flock. What I pray for us all is that we will let compassion and love be the forces which lead us all forward.”
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