Chattanooga Time Free Press
Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee members Saturday adopted a resolution that encourages Gov. Bill Lee to drop his planned Aug. 21 special legislative session where the Republican governor hopes to bolster the state’s gun-safety laws despite most GOP leaders’ opposition.
One committee member charged during the meeting in a Mt. Juliet hotel that the gathering will put House and Senate Republican members in danger with “crazies” from outside Tennessee flooding the state Capitol.
The eventual language settled on was proposed by another committee member, Tina Benkiser of Signal Mountain.
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