Members of the Tennessee GOP who expelled the two youngest Black Democrat lawmakers from the state House for their gun-control protest got thousands of dollars last year from Koch Industries, which is owned by the conservative Koch family and has worked to loosen gun laws, campaign finance records show.
Although the expulsions may prove to be short-lived, they sparked national outrage, including condemnation from the White House and cries for a federal response. And the protest that prompted the expulsion came in the wake of yet another mass shooting, as well as years of Tennessee Republicans loosening gun laws.
