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Tennessee Senate expels Sen. Katrina Robinson from legislature, a first for the chamber

Tennessee Senate expels Sen. Katrina Robinson from legislature, a first for the chamber

For the first time, the Tennessee Senate on Wednesday voted to expel a senator, stripping sen. Katrina Robinson of her elected position following her federal conviction on federal wire fraud charges. Robinson, D-Memphis, had decried the Senate’s move as racist and misogynistic and called the expulsion a “procedural lynching” Wednesday. The senator grew emotional on … Read more