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Nick Anderson
Apr 13, 2023
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Tennessee Republicans miscalculated badly when they expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers from the Tennessee Legislature for breaking rules of decorum. It was an absurd overreaction with shades of authoritarianism. Now the previously unknown pair have a national platform and have become a cause célèbre. Well played, Republicans.

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