Watching history tonight in Chattanooga, as Volkswagen workers voted in a landslide to join the @UAW. Despite pressure from Gov. Lee, this is the first auto plant in the South to unionize since the 1940s. This incredible victory for labor will transform Tennessee and the South!

This is a HUGE and HISTORIC WIN in the South! Auto workers have won their union in Chattanooga, TN with @UAW. 🎉✊🏻✊🏽✊🏾 #SolidaritySeason

Today Speaker Sexton had a mother arrested in the gallery while holding a sign opposing more guns in schools. Each day he grows more drunk with power, and is enabled by an extremist supermajority complicit in his authoritarianism. We are witnessing the death of our democracy.

So inspired by the deep love and courage of former Congresswoman @GabbyGiffords. Despite being nearly assassinated in 2011, she has persisted in trying to end the epidemic of gun violence. This was needed grounding as we brace for an onslaught of gun extremist bills next week.

Yesterday my Republican colleagues passed a bill to report professors for teaching “divisive concepts.” Instead of answering my questions, the sponsor questioned my literacy and talked about “people of my race.” Clearly his views were influenced by his segregated schooling.

Yesterday my Republican colleagues passed a $700,000,000 corporate giveaway while everyday Tennesseans struggle paycheck to paycheck. We were sent here to represent THE PEOPLE and the common benefit, not wealthy donors and corporate benefits. Trickle down economics is a scam!