Tennessee’s Republican-controlled state House passed a new congressional map Thursday that splits Memphis across three districts and eliminates the only seat Democrats held in the state’s nine-member delegation. Gov. Bill Lee signed the map into law the same day, capping a rapid legislative push that drew furious protests from Democratic lawmakers inside the chamber.
The vote triggered open confrontation on the House floor. Democratic members shouted after the map cleared the chamber. State troopers were called in. And Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson, no stranger to Capitol drama, got into a heated exchange with troopers that included profanity-laced outbursts caught on video and circulated widely on social media.
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