Who's ready for some tea? I've been sitting on this for a while but multiple people who have read these emails have encouraged me to post them online, including the writer of the 3rd email, my wonderful husband. So without further ado, here we go....
Here's my initial email to Gov Bill Lee and the entire TN General Assembly with my thoughts after the special session. #Tennessee #SpecialSession
I got this nasty response from the Rep from Oak Ridge, John Ragan. Read his incredibly insulting email to me, a physician advocating for gun safety, here:
I was gonna just ignore his response but I had to let the hubs read it. He couldn't contain himself and shot off this reply to the state Rep from Oak Ridge:
I just wanted you all to see how the Republicans in #Tennessee treat well meaning physicians trying to make a difference in this state. And the whole world just saw how they treated grieving moms. It's time we #VoteThemAllOut and elect leaders willing to listen and act.
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Y'all I'm livid rn. Just got home from meeting with Rs to try to convince them not to vote out my state rep, @brotherjones_ . One of them said to my face that they were scared for their life bc of what happened at the protest. They flat out lied to my face......
... this TN R rep said that state troopers were checking IDs and that most of the protestors were brought in from out of state. I've been up to the statehouse and Capitol too many times to count at this point and NEVER have they checked my ID as I went through security...
.... this same rep said state troopers were confiscating knives and mace from people. And that might be true as ppl carry pocket knives and mace regularly. But I saw no evidence that anyone at those protests were anything but angry people of #Nashville.
Interview I did yesterday. My only issue is the last sentence. It’s not a claim. It’s true. Women are already suffering under strict abortion bans in other states. Let me show you all what I’m talking about.
Here's one heartbreaking story of a woman in Texas who was denied an abortion until she became severely ill: npr.org/sections/healt…
Another horrifying story of a Texas woman who had to carry a dead fetus inside her for 2 weeks until she could find a doctor to provide her an abortion: washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…