Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a fiery handle Friday that highlighted the that means of democracy as she defended the actions of the “Tennessee Three,” the Democratic lawmakers who confronted expulsion from the GOP-controlled state Home for collaborating in a protest in opposition to gun violence.
Harris’ speech at Nashville’s Fisk College adopted votes within the state Home on Thursday that ousted two Black state representatives, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, for main protesters in chants on the Home flooring. However the third Democrat, state Rep. Gloria Johnson, who’s white and who additionally took half within the protests, held on to her seat by a single vote.
Harris mentioned Friday that the state Home’s act “wasn’t concerning the three” Democrats. “It’s about whose voices they had been channeling. Perceive that.”
“And is that not what a democracy permits? Democracy says, ‘You don’t silence the individuals. You don’t stifle the individuals. You don’t flip off their microphones when they’re talking concerning the significance of life and liberty.’”
Watch part of Harris’ speech beneath: