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Republicans in this forum never take rsponsibility for anything. The love to blame democrats for everything wrong as if the draconian Republican policies they present are the panacea. Here we see one example of what Republicans do to "Democrtic" cities if they try proposing things that will actually help their citizens.
In a joint statement, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and Senate Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, said that the legislature “will not tolerate any attempts to go rogue and perform political sideshows.”
“If they do not want to participate within the state and state laws, then they do not need to participate in the state’s successes,” the statement said.
It’s not the first time the state has opposed local initiatives in Memphis. Earlier this year, the state legislature passed a law reversing police reform that the city council had instituted after the death of Tyre Nichols.
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Memphis has a gun crime probem and Republicans here run their mouths about it. Yet when they propose a solution to the problem Republicans use underhanded tactics to stop what they want to do. This goes on in other states as well.
Tennessee Republicans tell Memphis to abandon gun reform or risk funding cuts
Republican leaders in the Tennessee House and Senate warned Memphis officials on Monday that if the city puts gun reform on the ballot this November, the state will withhold the city’s sales tax revenue.In a joint statement, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, and Senate Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, said that the legislature “will not tolerate any attempts to go rogue and perform political sideshows.”
“If they do not want to participate within the state and state laws, then they do not need to participate in the state’s successes,” the statement said.
It’s not the first time the state has opposed local initiatives in Memphis. Earlier this year, the state legislature passed a law reversing police reform that the city council had instituted after the death of Tyre Nichols.
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Tennessee Republicans tell Memphis to abandon gun reform or risk funding cuts
Republican leaders in the Tennessee House and Senate warned Memphis officials on Monday that if the city puts gun reform on the ballot this November, the state will withhold the city’s sales tax revenue.
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Memphis has a gun crime probem and Republicans here run their mouths about it. Yet when they propose a solution to the problem Republicans use underhanded tactics to stop what they want to do. This goes on in other states as well.