Republican lawmakers had voted to silence a Democratic member of the so-called Tennessee Three during a House floor session after determining the young Black member violated newly enacted rules designed to punish disruptive members.
The Nashville elite are used to running Nashville. It’s a tight knit club that everyone knows not to defy. It’s been that way for a long long time. It’s not even a just republican thing, it’s a certain Nashville republicans thing.
That’s why they act like spoiled children when someone says anything other than “thank you”.
Literal “good ole boys club” ruling a 80% black rural town without any elections in living memory loses power through legal defaults, then decides “fuck it” and keeps ruling based on their personal and social influence.
The Nashville elite are used to running Nashville. It’s a tight knit club that everyone knows not to defy. It’s been that way for a long long time. It’s not even a just republican thing, it’s a certain Nashville republicans thing.
That’s why they act like spoiled children when someone says anything other than “thank you”.
You wanna talk about tight-knit clubs in the South? you should check out this story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/black-mayor-alabama-town-locked-out
Literal “good ole boys club” ruling a 80% black rural town without any elections in living memory loses power through legal defaults, then decides “fuck it” and keeps ruling based on their personal and social influence.