Tag: Sen. Jack Johnson

Tennessee’s Democrat State Legislators and Nashville Local Officials Testing the Boundaries of Immigration Laws

State News Foundation | Brian Wilson
John Drake

President Trump’s Immigration Czar Tom Homan has repeatedly warned against interfering with ICE attempts to arrest those in this country illegally. That is exactly what State Representative Aftyn Behn (D-Nashville) appeared to be doing over the weekend as she, by her own admission on Instagram, worked to “delay and distract” ICE officers from carrying out illegal immigration enforcement. “We’re stalling them,” she said while also referring to ICE officers as “…little vampires who only come out at night.” The bizarre video in which Representative Behn is seen repeatedly toying with her hair and smoothing  her eyebrows, ended with Behn receiving a THP ticket for running a red light.

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Battle Lines Drawn in Nashville Over Immigration Enforcement

State News Foundation | Brian Wilson
ICE arrest

Battle lines are being drawn over immigration enforcement in Nashville. It’s shaping up as a fight once again pitting liberals who control the island of blue that is Davidson County versus the sea of red that is Tennessee.

In one corner, Nashville’s liberal Mayor, Freddie O’Connell and members of the democrat-majority City Council expressing outrage that federal immigration laws were being enforced in their city. In the other corner, the Trump Department of Homeland Security, Republican Governor Bill Lee and key players in the republican supermajority General Assembly who were clearly peeved at the tone and tenor of the Mayor’s hastily called Monday press conference.

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Kaiser Aluminum Moves Headquarters from California to Tennessee

Cooper Moran
Kaiser Aluminum plant

Kaiser Aluminum on Thursday joined a growing list of companies that are moving their business from California to Tennessee when they detailed that its new corporate headquarters will be located in Franklin.

In the move to Williamson County, the company, which frequently supplies Boeing with various supplies, will invest a total of approximately $3 million and create 80 jobs.

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Clay Travis Will Headline Sen. Jack Johnson’s Boots and Jeans, BBQ and Beans Event

Cooper Moran
Clay Travis

Clay Travis, the founder of OutKick and a frequent sports analyst, will headline the annual Boots & Jeans, BBQ & Beans Event — hosted by state Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin).

The talk radio show host has raised his national profile over the past couple years, routinely conducting interviews with former President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and other notable figures.

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Arizona Rep. Mark Finchem in Tennessee: Our Elections Have Been Open to Manipulation and for Much Longer Than We Knew

Laura Baigert

FRANKLIN, Tennessee — Arizona State Rep. Mark Finchem (R-District 11) told a group of nearly 100 gathered in middle Tennessee that it has been revealed that our elections have been open to manipulation and for much longer than we knew, long before November 2020. 

Finchem said that “While many might think it’s a curse, America has been given a gift.”

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