There was more leftist violence in America on Thursday as a mob of over 1,000 people descended on the Tennessee State Capitol. What started as just a protest to abolish gun rights quickly turned into a scuffle. Online videos showed people fighting with police officers as they tried to break into the legislative chamber, eventually succeeding. What some online were calling a violent insurrection went unreported on MSNBC, which was outside the building. Instead, they claimed it was just “people singing songs.”
Appearing on MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports, correspondent Lindsey Reiser described the crowd as “hundreds of people showed up today. I mean, probably about 1,500, maybe even upwards of that showing up. A lot of young people, a lot of young students, skipping school. A lot of parents bringing their young kids here as well.”
Reiser didn’t share the identity of the woman who organized the gathering but boasted that “she’s a single mom herself, her son is about to turn five, and she said she felt mobilized to act. When she saw this on Monday she put the flier out immediately.”
She added that the woman felt “heartened to see the result today” as she proceeded to claim the crowd was just “singing songs” as they were “confronting lawmakers on their way into the general assembly today, calling for some kind of gun reform.”
In reality, what was going on inside the building was a shoving match with the police.
A video shared on Twitter by local News Channel 5 reporter Kelsey Gibbs showed the mob getting into a fight with police, trying to push through them to get to lawmakers in the chamber.
I deleted the last tweet because I wasn’t as clear. This was a peaceful protest. Students, parents and their supporters went through Capitol security to lobby for gun control in the Capitol. No one was arrested. This shoving started when THP needed to make way for lawmakers. pic.twitter.com/o4GApyKdt4
— Kelsey Gibbs (@kelseymgibbs) March 30, 2023
Apparently, Gibbs had deleted a previous video tweet of the altercation and re-uploaded it with the appropriate leftist spin. “I deleted the last tweet because I wasn’t as clear. This was a peaceful protest,” she asserted in Orwellian fashion.
Another Twitter video showed the mob on the floor of the legislature disrupting official proceedings. A man can be seen holding a small sign and using a megaphone to chant “no action, no peace.” There are other members of the mob gathered in the upper parts of the chamber echoing his chants. The man with the megaphone went on to denounce the Second Amendment and the NRA.
⚡️🔥 HAPPENING NOW: Democrats @brotherjones_ @Justinjpearson @VoteGloriaJ have taken over the well and disrupted session. pic.twitter.com/QVXxfVnHFn
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) March 30, 2023
Later in the show, Reiser was back to give an update on what was going on.
She upped her estimation of the crowd size to 1,600 and touted their signs. “[O]ne mom had, you know, a sign that said ‘graduations, not funerals.’ Another young person had a sign saying, ‘do I look old enough to have a gun?’” she recalled.
“And so these people were demanding change today. There were a lot of tears,” she claimed as they shared video of people just standing around with signs and chanting. “They marched, first amassed where we're standing in front of the Capitol. They walked up the steps to confront lawmakers. You're looking at video of that now on their way into work.”
Reiser concluded by touting the plans of liberal legislators. “And while the Democratic caucus is planning, preparing for a new package for this legislative session, it's unclear where that will go,” she said.
MSNBC’s refusal to admit there was liberal violence was made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Consumer Cellular and Subway. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
MSNBC’s Chris Jansing Reports
March 30, 2023
2:15:49 p.m. Eastern(…)
CHRIS JANSING: I know you have been talking to people there at memorials, at the vigil yesterday, now at this protest. What are they telling you?
LINDSEY REISER: Chris, hundreds of people showed up today. I mean, probably about 1,500, maybe even upwards of that showing up. A lot of young people, a lot of young students, skipping school. A lot of parents bringing their young kids here as well.
And I talked to the organizer of today's event, she’s a single mom herself, her son is about to turn five, and she said she felt mobilized to act. When she saw this on Monday she put the flier out immediately. You could tell she was heartened to see the result today with people singing songs, confronting lawmakers on their way into the general assembly today, calling for some kind of gun reform.
I’ve talked to a mother who lost her older son to gun violence in the Waffle House shooting here in Nashville in 2018, and she says she can't believe that here almost five years later this is still where we are. And I talked last night at that vigil to a teacher who told me that she watched the body cam footage through a different lens.
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2:55:17 p.m. Eastern
JANSING: Let me go back to what you were reporting on earlier because I think it’s relevant here. And we only have a short time left. As you say, one thing after another after another that punctuates the horror of what the kids have gone through, which is exactly why there were – what – close to 1,000 maybe more than that people inside the State Capitol today saying isn't it time to do something.
REISER: Yeah, maybe 15, 1,600 people today showing up. And one mom had, you know, a sign that said “graduations, not funerals.” Another young person had a sign saying, “do I look old enough to have a gun?” And so these people were demanding change today. There were a lot of tears. They marched, first amassed where we're standing in front of the Capitol. They walked up the steps to confront lawmakers. You're looking at video of that now on their way into work
And while the Democratic caucus is planning, preparing for a new package for this legislative session, it's unclear where that will go. Chris.
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