Sources: Likely U.S. Senate Candidate Gloria Johnson to Use Special Session to Raise Campaign Profile

State Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) formed an exploratory committee for her expected run for U.S. Senate, and a Nashville insider told The Tennessee Star that Johnson is expected to use the upcoming special session of the General Assembly as a bully pulpit to raise the profile of her campaign.

“I’ve been told by people in the general assembly that say that she’s officially announcing the day before session, and then she’s going to roll right into session and grandstand and make the session about her campaign,” the source told The Star, adding that Johnson is expected to “ham it up with her two buddies,” referring to Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) and Justin Pearson (D-Knoxville).

Johnson, Jones and Pearson led a riot at the state capitol in March while demanding gun control in the wake of the mass shooting at The Covenant Presbyterian School.

Jones and Pearson were expelled from the legislature following the riot, which Johnson was spared by a narrow margin. Both Jones and Pearson recently won special elections to permanently regain their seats.

Johnson is expected to run against Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN). Rumors of her potential run began swirling in late July.

“At the urging of Washington liberals, Gloria Johnson has taken another critical step towards joining liberal Democrat Marquita Bradshaw in the Tennessee Senate Democratic Primary,” Abigail Sigler, a Blackburn campaign spokeswoman, told The Star. “Both of them are radical socialists who are aligned with Joe Biden’s failed policies that are making Tennesseans’ lives tougher every day. Tennesseans know that Senator Blackburn will continue championing conservative values and fighting for their families.”

The upcoming special session of the General Assembly is likely to be a contentious one, with Democrats demanding gun control and Gov. Bill Lee (R) looking to compromise.

Yes, Every Kid

Lee has peddled red flag laws since the shooting at The Covenant School, and has urged Republican lawmakers to craft a bill to that effect.

Lee said in April:

“Today, I visited with [Metro Nashville Police Department] & outlined next steps to secure schools & protect Tennesseans.

1. I’m asking the TN legislature to pursue a new ‘Order of Protection Law’ to separate dangerous individuals from firearms, while preserving constitutional rights,” he said.

2. I also signed an Executive Order to ensure the existing background check process provides TN law enforcement with up-to-date information & more closely guarantees the safe, lawful purchase of firearms.

Republican lawmakers have described any such legislation as a “non-starter.”

Meanwhile, Tennessee Democrats are gearing up for the session with a statewide bus tour to address the issue while fanatical gun control leftists prepare to cause chaos in Nashville.

Despite requests to cancel the special session, it is still planned to begin on August 21.

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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter.
Photo “Gloria Johnson” by Gloria Johnson.

 

 

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10 Thoughts to “Sources: Likely U.S. Senate Candidate Gloria Johnson to Use Special Session to Raise Campaign Profile”

  1. Randy

    It is unlikely the carpetbagger Johnson will be looked at for her residency, or any conflict with her attorney friend who is allowing her to live in a house he owns in Knoxville as her District 90 “residence”. You know, the one providing her legal representation. The rules do not apply to people like Gloria Johnson.

  2. Joe Blow

    First of all I do hope that Liberal Lee cancels the session BUT if he does not I truly hope that this bag of wind does try to show who she is. Then everyone can see the idiot that she truly is.

  3. gsferg

    The so-called “bus tour” banging the drum for gutting the 2nd amendment is a joke. The democrat “fellow travelers” are not going to receive the reception they anticipate outside of Nashville. As for the “special session,” that will be nothing but an excuse for the radical left to display their disrupt and destroy tactics. All thanks to the spineless turncoat Gov. Lee.

  4. D.J.

    Another reason not to hold this special session, which is going to be a Marxist clown show. Lee needs to stop this now.

  5. ArKayne

    Yeah, Boyd. my first thought was OMG, Miss Piggy’s gone political! Appearance aside, she is on a Sesame Street intellectual level.

  6. Yeah the advertisers out there need your money. It won’t do you any good but it’ll certainly do the advertisers good the print shops. That kind of thing.

    Keep the economy going ‼️😂🤣

  7. Boyd

    I know they won`t print what I want to say about this hog.

  8. KAREN BRACKEN

    Election fraud (and yes TN has election/voter fraud too) is the only way this embarrassment to our state will ever win a Senate seat in DC.

  9. Truthy McTruthFace

    haha. what a joke.

  10. Randy

    This is what happens when an individual puts their own interests above those they profess to represent. Gloria Johnson could care less about anyone but herself.

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