Tenn. GOP spike resolution honoring black teen shot, killed
Associated PressNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tensions erupted Tuesday on the Tennessee House floor after Republican lawmakers refused to advance a resolution memorializing a young a black woman shot and killed in her car earlier this year. However, House Majority Leader William Lamberth helped block the resolution from advancing after he told the chamber he could not support the legislation due to the circumstance surrounding Posey’s death. “I wish I could support this legislation, but I simply cannot given the activity of her demise.to applaud that individual on the House floor, I cannot support.” Lamberth’s remarks resulted in 49 Republicans declining to vote on the measure. Instead, Stewart called the House’s GOP actions against the measure “outrageous.” “That’s the most astonishing thing I have seen on the floor, honoring a young woman?
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