Removing Black lawmakers is voter suppression – and the US has done it for centuries

Despite the claims of politicians and the media, the expulsion of Justin Jones and Justin Pearson is far from unprecedented'

When Tennessee lawmakers expelled two Black legislators from the state's Republican-dominated house of representatives, pundits described the decision as stunning" and historic". Joe Biden called it shocking, undemocratic and without precedent". The New York Times characterized it as an extraordinary act of political retribution".

Sorry, have you met America?