A new report details a pattern of casual racism in Tennessee’s Republican-held legislature. For example, a former GOP staffer said an unnamed member of the leadership once called Rep. Justin Jones and another Black lawmaker “baboons.”
Many were shocked when the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives voted Thursday to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, both of whom are Black, while not voting to oust their white colleague. But the incident should not have been surprising, according to areporter who previously covered Tennessee state politics. Natalie Allison wrote Sunday that there was a pattern of casual racism in Tennessee’s Republican-held legislature.
For example, a former GOP legislative staffer told her that an unnamed member of House Republican leadership once called Jones and another Black lawmaker “baboons.” In another incident, Cade Cothren, then-chief of staff to then-House Speaker Glen Casada, wrote “Black people are idiots” in a message.
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