Tennessee state legislature has 'always been a toxic work environment,' according to ousted Black lawmakers who say they've had a' target' on them from the start

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : Pearson accused other lawmakers of making comments "about hanging you on a tree and hanging Black people on a tree as a form of capital punishment.""When you were a dashiki on the House floor and a member gets up, and they talk about your dashiki saying it's unprofessional, they're really sending signals that you don't belong here," Pearson said.
35% : Former state Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis were expelled last week through a vote by the GOP-led Tennessee House of Representatives after they led a protest for stricter gun laws on the state House floor.

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