Tennessean columnist Dwight Lewis asked Rep. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) why he voted against the Tennessee Rosa Parks Act.
The Rosa Parks Act would pardon people like Rosa Parks for crimes like sitting in front of the bus.
Rep. Campfield, aka Stacey X, replied that he was against pardoning members of groups that advocate violence, such as "the Black Panthers."
Lewis replied, "In Tennessee?"
Lewis also asked Rep. Donna Rowland (R-Murfreesboro) why she voted against the Rosa Parks Act:
When I contacted her at her Middle Tennessee home Friday morning, Rowland wanted to know whether I had read the bill. After replying that I had not but had read a story about it and the vote in The Tennessean earlier that day, she angrily said:
"Go read it, and get educated about it. Then, call me back."
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