Expelled Tennessee State Lawmakers Take Part in Climate Change Protest in DC

Two Tennessee House Democrats took part in a protest outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 29, as the protest’s organizer is accusing President Joe Biden of committing “ecocide.”
Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), who were expelled from the Tennesse General Assembly in early April before they were reinstated, took part in a protest organized by Climate Defiance, a youth-led climate protest group.
“Biden: End Fossil Fuel,” read the words displayed on banners and placards that protesters held on Saturday.
The group alleged Biden is committing “ecocide” because of oil projects he has approved, including the 30-year Willow oil field development project in Alaska, which will produce as much as 180,000 barrels of oil a day….}