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John,

Last week, I received official notice from Tennessee House Speaker Cameron
Sexton that I had been removed from all of my state House committee
assignments — alongside every other Tennessee House Democrat.

[ [link removed] ]Tweet from @Justinjpearson: 'Speaker of the TN House Cameron Sexton
just removed me and every Democrat — and therefore every Black elected
official in the state legislature from any committee we served on. This
move strips nearly 2 million Tennesseeans from the representation they
deserve in TN state leg.'

This is one of the most troubling abuses of power in our state’s history.

John, this
kind of retaliation only works if we let them intimidate us into silence.
I won’t let it, but I’ll need your help to keep fighting. [ [link removed] ]So if you’re
able to, split $10 or more right now with our campaign and Justice
Democrats to keep our grassroots Movement strong enough to defend
ourselves and our communities from this authoritarian attack.

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If this sounds familiar, it should. Because this is what TN House
Republicans do when they don’t like what you have to say.

More than three years ago, they expelled me after I protested on the House
floor against their inaction on gun violence. They thought they could make
an example of me for refusing to be quiet while our communities were
hurting.

Now, they’re doing it all over again.

In early May, they pushed through rigged, racist maps designed to
eliminate TN-09’s identity as a majority-Black, Democratic district. TN
House Democrats stood together and made it clear that we would not stand
for this injustice.

So they retaliated.

Committee assignments aren’t ceremonial positions. They’re how state
lawmakers do the day-to-day work of representing our communities — from
hearing bills, shaping policy, and fighting for the needs of the People
who sent us there.

But no matter what, they can’t strip away our voice, our courage, and our
commitment to our People and neighborhoods. Civil rights icon and former
Representative John Lewis taught us to make good trouble — necessary
trouble.

With your support, we’ll keep doing just that,
John.

[ [link removed] ]Please split $10 or more with our campaign and Justice Democrats in the
next 30 minutes so we have the resources to fight back against this latest
abuse of power.



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In Love and Service,

Justin J. Pearson




 




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