#shorts On 4/24/2023, Biden kicks the press out shortly after beginning his meeting with the so-called “Tennessee Three”: “I know they’re gonna be really excited about it but I’m gonna ask the press to leave.”

State Democratic lawmakers who make up the “Tennessee Three” said Monday they want the conservative Volunteer State to become a “model for the nation” on gun control following a meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House.

Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, and Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, sat down with Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for about an hour in the Oval Office.

It marked the culmination of the lawmakers’ rising profiles as they’ve come to symbolize the push for stronger gun laws – and, to some, democracy itself – amid Republican resistance. The lawmakers said they’re out to show gun reform is possible even in a solidly Republican state like Tennessee.

Biden Kicks Press Out Shortly After Beginning Meeting With So-Called “Tennessee Three”