Three of the most prominent Tennessee Democrat lawmakers who used Audrey Elizabeth Hale’s mass shooting at The Covenant School to push a left-wing gun control agenda offered no response to Monday’s revelation that Hale’s crime was motivated – at least in part – by anti-white racial animus.
State Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) did not return The Tennessee Star’s Monday comment requests seeking a reaction to the manifesto’s partial release.
The Star confirmed the authenticity of the documents, originally obtained by podcaster Steven Crowder, which are circulating the web and make reference to Hale’s hopes of killing “crackers” with “white privilege.”
Jones and Pearson were expelled from the General Assembly after leading a gun control riot at the state capitol in the wake of Hale’s mass killing. Both later won their respective seats back in a special election. Johnson, who is running a long shot bid for U.S. Senate against Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), narrowly avoided expulsion.
The shooting, which left six people dead, was the impetus for mass gun control protests and a special session of the General Assembly, before which there were talks among lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee (R) of implementing ref flag laws.
All the while the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) refused to release the manifesto, which MNPD confirmed Hale left behind on March 27, just hours after the shooting.
Hale was killed at the scene of the shooting.
Despite the confirmed authenticity of the partial manifesto, MNPD told The Star Monday that it had “no idea” what the documents were.
Star News Digital Media Inc., the parent company of The Star, filed federal and state lawsuits to have the manifesto released. Those lawsuits are ongoing, and The Star is still seeking the release of the full manifesto.
Some politicians have responded to the release of the partial manifesto, and Hale’s apparent motive.
“The anti-whiteness movement, mainstreamed by American universities and corporations, has blood on its hands,” said Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) on social media.
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter.
Photo “Johnson, Jones, and Pearson” by State Rep Justin Jones.
Soo, a Little White Girl, who thinks she’s a Little White “Boy”, hates her own race.
Nobody cares about her ridiculous gender fantasies. People do care that she is a Deviant Psychotic Murderer.
They agree with it. Wh Are WE THE PEOPLE FOR NOT TURNING FACEBOOK black when we delete and leave? I was just banned for sharing the Crowder info.
No one will stand together to do it. Kudos to the beer drinkers. They were heard loud and clear! Not us with the yellow streak down their backs. America is over and won’t get any better: Iran will disable us with an MP.
Those three agree with the manifesto.