How Redistricting Brought Tennessee to This Moment

“Political and racial tensions in Tennessee erupted into public view last week when Republicans in the state Assembly voted to expel two Black Democrats from the chamber,” NBC News reports.

“It was an unprecedented action that Democrats across the country — including President Joe Biden — excoriated as racist and political.”

“But politics watchers in Tennessee and around the nation say that what happened was nothing new for the state’s GOP lawmakers and that the process Republicans have taken to minimize representation of Democrats — on both the federal and state levels — has actually been years in the making.”