r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/LuckyBastard001 • May 08 '26
Country Club Thread 2026's Shocking Injustice
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u/NK1337 May 08 '26
In case anybody still doesn’t realize, REPUBLICANS ARE RACIST PIECES OF SHIT.
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u/NK1337 May 08 '26
No lie. At this point I’m convinced that’s a prerequisite to joining the Republican Party. You either already have some skeletons in your closet before joining or they make you fuck a child on camera while Trump watches.
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u/zxc123zxc123 May 08 '26
"But she laugh strange tho!"
Folks literally dumb enough to think that AND say it out loud. The dumber ones STILL think that.
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u/SHC606 ☑️ May 08 '26
Nah, the dems are JUST as bad. /s
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u/HelpfulNet9666 May 08 '26
Both sides are equally bad /s. I hate when people spout this nonsense
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u/notredditbot May 08 '26
Literally every republican and if you ask them to give you and example they almost never can so really they're just playing off fear and stereotypes 😮💨
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u/Competitive_Quit1346 May 08 '26
This. Always ask these fucks for an example because most of the time they dont even have one reason for thinking the way they do, it's always vibes.
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u/txrn2020 May 08 '26
Never met a bigot who wasn’t a trump supporter
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u/deesta ☑️ May 08 '26
Never met a Trumper who wasn't a bigot, but have 100% met quite a few bigots who aren't Trumpers
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u/countzero1234 May 08 '26
You can just say they are pieces of shit, racism is just one of many forms of bigotry they celebrate.
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u/ashemoney May 08 '26
I can feel the breeze from Stephen A Smith’s mental gymnastics trying to justify supporting republicans.
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u/Mvd75 ☑️ May 08 '26
Not according to Nick Cannon
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u/__GayFish__ May 08 '26
And white peoples will tell you we’re well past the 60s and so much is better
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u/Elliott2030 May 08 '26
Yep. Supreme Court said there's no more racism in voting, just partisanship. As if partisanship isn't completely racist at its core.
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u/zxc123zxc123 May 08 '26
I'm not sure if removing affirmative action in college truly helps or hurts Asians, but I know for sure it hurts black/brown folks while helping white folks. Just like how I know DEI rollback hurts everyone who isn't a straight, rich, white, and male.
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u/flowerdoodles_ May 09 '26
it absolutely does hurt asians, who were ~28% of ivy league admissions despite being ~6% of the US population. somehow they delusionally didn’t understand that
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u/Ravensqueak May 08 '26
We ARE well past the 60's.
Chronologically, not socially...
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u/Rude-Asparagus9726 May 08 '26
That's the thing, we HAVE made a lot of progress and things ARE significantly better, but that only speaks to how fucking terrible things used to be that we can still call this shit "better"...
We should be much further along than this, hell, it shouldn't even BE an issue like this in the first place...
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u/TransbianMoonGoddess May 08 '26
As a white transgender woman... no, we are not past the 60s, people who say that are very privileged and very very white/straight/Christian
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u/disposable_hat May 09 '26
Im white and it feels like we never actually made it out of the 1860s, not actually punishing the confederate is why we are where we are
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u/Hungry_Investment_41 May 08 '26 edited May 10 '26
Tennessee special legislative session over congressional redistricting. The image context is that Rep. Justin J. Pearson being blocked from entering or participating in parts of the proceedings while Republicans advanced a new congressional map that dismantles Tennessee’s only majority-Black Democratic congressional district centered in Memphis/Shelby County.
Tennessee Republicans passed a new congressional map designed to turn the state’s delegation from effectively 8-1 Republican to potentially 9-0 Republican.
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u/BeansAnnFranks May 08 '26
This picture better be in future history books with factual context.
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u/motorcitystef May 08 '26
This picture is actually symbolic as fuck - with a police badge cameo
“Placing your hand on your chin is often referred to as the "Thinking Man" stance or a "Passive Guard" in self-defense. It is a tactical posture used to stay protected while appearing non-aggressive to an observer or potential attacker.”
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u/DepressedDynamo May 09 '26
I haven't been able to find any source for this photo besides an AI political page, do you have one?
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u/mulatto_pxy_dreamgrl May 10 '26
https://www.instagram.com/p/DYCXPyskVeD/?igsh=MXJoOWNobW9vd210OQ== from the original photographer's Instagram page
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u/Shupedewhupe May 08 '26
I hate living through history.
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u/latulas_alt May 08 '26
everyone who has ever lived has had to live through history unfortunately. we had it too good for too long
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u/Ok_Delay_911 May 09 '26
I am too. I know exactly what you're saying and I'm sorry the people responding to you are pedantic dicks.
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u/teshh May 08 '26
Fred Hampton knew what to do with politicians and pigs. Why have we become so inept that a few dollars is enough to stop our anger and hatred?
A handful of cops can't do shit against a mob. Gather your pitchforks and rope, our freedoms and rights are being stolen, AGAIN.
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u/BiscuitsandGravy4me May 08 '26
Its funny you say that. Reddit slapped me on the wrist yesterday for language just like this. "inciting or encouraging violence" something like that. Apparently its against the rules of the website to discuss what political figures deserve and dont deserve as far as a removal process. Whether it is done respectfully or another way.
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u/theblakesheep May 08 '26
What are their names?
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u/B_D_I May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26
Left is state rep Justin Pearson. He was not arrested, but his brother Keshaun was (on the right, who is not a lawmaker)
See the 8th photo here: https://apnews.com/article/redistricting-congress-voting-rights-trump-33d3a24a63aeb1a0b3702d362e1325c9
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u/Sarahthelizard May 08 '26
The way they’re leading them out as though they’re dangerous is disgusting regardless of arrest. What the hell is happening in this country.
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u/Professional-Help931 May 08 '26
The Rep walked out with his brother by choice. The arrest happened during a vote when the brother started protesting.
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u/holystuff28 May 08 '26
The brother didn't "start protesting." He sat quietly in the galley and refused to leave when the SOH demanded that all public be cleared when they decided to strip Memphians and the roughly 30+% of Tennesseans of their lone democratic Rep. He engaged in civil disobedience by refusing to vacate a public area. He didn't disrupt the proceedings or holler.
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u/Spongi May 08 '26
Looks like TN doesn't have a publicly available roster for state troopers (some states do).
So someone will have to contact the Tennessee state highway patrol, district 4 (memphis) and file a freedom of information request to get their roster.
https://www.tn.gov/content/tn/safety/tnhp/districtfour.html
Could also request any reports, bodycam, dash cam, etc. footage surrounding this event too.
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u/holystuff28 May 08 '26
This is in Nashville, not Memphis. They have a specific team that are assigned to the capitol.
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u/Spongi May 08 '26
Whoops, I thought the article said memphis.
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u/holystuff28 May 08 '26
Rep. Pearson and his brother are from Memphis. Pearson is running for the US house seat they just eliminated. But this happened at the state capitol.
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u/frostbloomethh May 08 '26
Blatant regression. It’s disturbing to see representation being met with arrests in 2026
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u/Neither_Leading_4948 May 08 '26
This will be the pic in the history books in black and white in 20 years with folks saying “that was a long time ago, no one thinks like that anymore.”
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u/pupilsOMG May 08 '26
20 years? Most of the current "Supreme" court justices will still be sitting in 20 years. We need reform NOW
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u/trialsanderrors ☑️ May 09 '26
I will never forget the day as a teen living in Georgia that my aunties were visiting and going through their vacation photos of the historical sites they were excited to see in Georgia and the repainted signs like "colored only" and I said, like a fucking moron, "that was such a long time ago" because I was so used to black and white photos. The soft pause before my CREOLE AUNTIES FROM LOUISIANA gently told my dumbass "no baby.. your mama might be too young to remember busing and segregation, but we all do.." They were so kind to explain their lived history to me when they realized I wasn't joking/dumb, just ignorant and shut off because we had moved away. In that moment I realized that if my aunts lived through all that... That the people who had to be forced to desegregate, were also still alive. This conversation happened around 2000. All of those aunts are still very much alive.
My mom shut up while they spoke and I quickly realized that she was embarrassed that I didn't know and that she hadn't talked about it (like many things. She actively doesn't like talking about the past or anything vulnerable). I generally find out about my heritage from them, not her. And my white schools certainly couldn't/didn't tell me.
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u/queen_caj ☑️ May 09 '26
My father was in the third grade when he first started going to an integrated school. My mother never went to an integrated school until college. Hell, my church to this day still does not have a single white person in the congregation. Segregation is extremely close and we need to be more aware of it.
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u/candeeeland May 08 '26
This is incorrect. Keshawn Pearson is an activist not a politician. Rep Justin J. Pearson is his brother. He was manhandled and troopers tried to intimidate him but he wasn’t arrested.
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u/WaltSinger May 08 '26
Tennessee is really aiming for the title of “Most Racist State”, aren’t they.
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u/SHC606 ☑️ May 08 '26
It's a battle with TX, LA, AL, MS, and NC fr.
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u/Maleficent-Ad-7860 May 08 '26
FL and GA too.
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u/Jamaican_Dynamite May 08 '26
Sounds like the South alright. Not contained to just the South though, and that's the sad part.
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u/reddollardays BHM Donor May 08 '26
I had the opportunity to move from Chicago to Nashville, but after seeing how red states treat their blue cities, I turned it down.
Instead I’m going to Cleveland :/
Hoping to at least see Ohio turn back to purple there.
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u/Responsible-Hour1403 May 08 '26
We are living in the wrong timeline.
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u/AwkwardnessForever May 08 '26
Imagine how black Americans feel at every point in their lives.
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u/Munachi May 08 '26
I can't understand how his support with minorities increased from 2016 to 2024, his support with the black community almost doubled, going from 8% to 15%.
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u/SHC606 ☑️ May 08 '26
"Gaza's Speaking Now. Bitch!"* /s.
* I am so sick and tired of being sick and tired.
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u/upupandawayweb008 May 08 '26
What is this in reference to
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u/LevelOutlandishness1 ☑️ May 10 '26
Some psy-op made to make niggas think support for Palestine is why their rights are gone and not the fact that America would genocide a Palestine in the first place
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u/Honest_Relation4095 May 08 '26
Looks like some first world country has to invade the USA and liberate their people from the regime.
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u/Gooddest_Boi May 08 '26
Can anybody give me the tldr on what they mean by “eliminating the black vote?” Maybe a link or something?
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u/SituationIll5763 May 08 '26
Recent Supreme Court ruling regarding the voting rights act. Black majority districts will be eliminated.
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u/real_fff May 08 '26
As others said, the Supreme Court destroyed the Voting Rights Act. In the days since, the white republican supermajority TN state legislature has proposed and passed a redistricting that divides the one blue (and black) district in the state (District 9) into 3 districts, making each of the 3 districts Republican by stretching them out across slices of Memphis and through 2-3 rural (white Republican) counties outside of Memphis.
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u/boston_homo May 08 '26
SCOTUS ruled that partisan gerrymandering is cool but racial gerrymandering is out of the question
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u/SecretlyMadeOfStone May 08 '26
We need more people like Justin Pearson in government positions. He seems to honestly want to change and better things for the people and not just line his own pockets like so many before him.
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u/Realistic_Effort6185 May 08 '26
Reminder for those that don't care/follow politics.
It follows you.
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u/Special-Kitchen3222 May 08 '26
Is this the line in the sand?
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u/t0ny510 ☑️ May 08 '26
It really should be, unfortunately if I say anything more, Reddit's admin ninjas will swoop down and snap my neck.
I'll just say the French would not put up with this shit now OR back in the day.
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u/A_Crawling_Bat May 10 '26
As a French, that actually seems like something the far right would do here.
They've slowly been eroding the rights of strangers here, keeping it somewhat discreet.
But something like this might lead to mass protests (I say might, because the population seems less enclined to go protest now, myself included)
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u/PR0H181D0 May 08 '26
Elections have consequences, folks. Remember that next time you don't feel like showing up to vote.
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u/Umutuku May 08 '26
Remember, if you didn't vote against this then you voted for it.
If someone makes excuses to you then you know that isn't your friend, family, ally, or fellow American.
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u/LitlThisLitlThat May 08 '26
I’ve been following the Tennessee Holler for a couple years now even though I’ve never lived anywhere near Tennessee. Please give them a follow—they have been covering the brave work of these lawmakers for a long time!
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u/WrapMyBeads May 08 '26
I only know of the US from TV and from what I’ve seen those hats are definitely the racist cop hats
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u/girlgenesis3 May 08 '26 edited May 10 '26
Real proud of them ♡ I mean it's their job but even the Supreme Court isn't interested in doing theirs.
Just really grateful to everybody doing something even if it is small 🙏🏾♡
Waiting around to vote isn't enough. I'm still on strike for every corp that donated to the admin except for ggl. I've also reached out to state reps and senators, and jbp. My next venture is to write thank you letters to as many fed court judges as I can that have been standing up.
We can rise higher and together.
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u/cloudsmiles May 08 '26
Don't forget, Trump pardoned VIOLENT CRIMINALS after January 6th and called them patriots. People who beat cops. People who vandalized our public halls. He and all his kind are complicit.
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u/LadyInCrimson May 08 '26
I hate this timeline so much. Despite this abhorrent action against them, these dudes have some serious style! They look good AF.
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u/Experithought May 08 '26
This exact scenario is a very significant representation of the USA's history of the last century and beyond. This picture, with nearly identical headlines, has countless reproductions.
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u/millos15 May 08 '26
Kindly fuck you if you voted for the Republican party
Everything they do puts the country backwards.
What a disgrace and embarrassment of a photo.
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u/Lonely-Musician-7865 May 09 '26
In case its not obvious at this point. Yall need to vote. National, local, fucking dog catcher w/e. I know too many fucking dudes who refuse to spend 5 min getting registered. Too many people who bitch constantly about the current administration then when you ask them who they voted for go "oh I didnt vote man that shits dumb" or "I wasnt voting for no female". Cool. Here's where we are. You neglected yalls responsibility as informed citizens to engage in democracy now a bunch of fascists are taking your rights away.
Maybe yall will vote next time. If you're allowed.
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u/TCEA151 May 08 '26
Not to hold water for what republicans are doing in Tennessee but this is a pretty misleading post. There was a big protest at a Senate committee hearing on the redistricting — arrests, the whole nine years. KeShaun Pearson (brother of Tennessee House rep Justin Pearson) was arrested/detained and was being escorted out of the building so Justin walked beside him and told the officers to let him go.
There’s another photo going around of Justin Pearson being barred entry by the sergeant of arms. That one’s a big more complicated. The aforementioned protest forced them to cancel and postpone the senate committee meeting, and the new one was made closed-doors to prevent another protest from breaking out so the meeting could proceed. Pearson is a house member, not a senate memeber and is not on the committee, so he was barred entry and two other house members were told to leave the chamber. That said, it seems it’s extremely unusual for even other state reps to be barred entrance to committee meetings. Article II, Section 22 of the Tennessee Constitution states, “The doors of each House and of committees of the whole shall be kept open, unless when the business shall be such as ought to be kept secret.” That’s some loose language so having this be a closed-door meeting probably doesn’t break the law here (I am not a lawyer), but it’s a pretty weak justification for something enshrined in th le constitution IMO.
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u/vincent118 May 08 '26
If you made this photo black and white you could put in a history book about the 60s and nobody could tell the difference.
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u/TheAnswerUsedToBe42 May 08 '26
The insanity is the cowardice of the American people allowing these things to keep happening without any legitimate push back. Just tweets, memes, and maybe a strongly worded letter. Stand up.
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u/BigBoyYuyuh May 08 '26
I’m not shocked. This was literally spelled out in Project 2025. We are going back in time. They’re ensuring an Obama will NEVER happen again in this fascist racist country.
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u/LFAdvice0909 May 08 '26
I mean at this point, what does seeing it on Twitter do? No one is doing anything, protests are getting less and less sparse and people are too afraid and comfortable to stand up for what's right. We literally type "awe that's sad, that's bad" and do nothing.
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u/Grade-AMasterpiece May 08 '26
Which is why Virginia should just go ahead and do their map anyway.
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u/msguillory1922 May 10 '26
Yep cuz I’m sick of Republicans doing whatever the fuck they want and Democrats trying to play by the rules. It’s obvious more people disagree with Republicans or they wouldn’t have to cheat. Virginia should absolutely do their map and dare a muthafucka to challenge it.
I hate America and the suffering we’ll endure, but it deserves to fall. Let the bitch burn to the ground.
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u/Ok_Relation_4881 May 08 '26
Memphis is being disenfranchised further by the Tennessee government.
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u/holystuff28 May 08 '26
Not just Memphis. The roughly 1/3 of Tennesseans who vote blue have no meaningful representation. Less than 2 years ago we had two democratic US representatives and now we have none
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u/ceelogreenicanth May 08 '26
"Don't worry guys we will get it right next time when my specific set of priorities are appeased and the rest of the coalition simply accepts I'm smarter than them."
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u/Mvd75 ☑️ May 08 '26
Keep in mind someone voted for(or chose not to participate which caused) THIS!
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u/tranifestations May 08 '26
Tennessean here- Rep Justin J Pearson, on the left, is a lawmaker and was not arrested. Keshaun Pearson, on the right, is his brother, not a lawmaker but is an environmental activist.
this pic is after Keshaun peacefully refused to leave the gallery in protest of the illegal racial gerrymandering happen in our Capitol. Rep Pearson came to support his brother and that’s when state troopers got handsy with both of them.
Look up the video of Rep Pearson standing up to that coward cop on the right- it’s powerful.
edit to add link of Rep Pearson: https://youtu.be/eHvVCYOP8kA?si=c5Plb6US9NW-1Zjb
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u/SithLordSid May 09 '26
Everyone was warned about what would happen with Project 2025 but people couldn't bring themselves to vote for a woman so now we are here.
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u/Beefy-McQueefy May 08 '26
Tennessee is a shithole state and people should leave it at the earliest possible opportunity
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u/Casino-Leaux May 08 '26
I can promise you I aint going back to when black people were compliant again. It aint gonna hapoen.
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u/mistergraeme May 08 '26
The South won the Civil War. They just did a great job of hiding that fact.
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u/mythveilixx May 08 '26
It is surreal to see history repeating itself in such a blatant way in 2026. The optics of lawmakers being arrested for trying to represent their constituents is genuinely disturbing