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“This Is Racial Terror.” Justin Jones Unloads on Tennessee Republicans
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9:11Now PlayingJustin Jones says Tennessee Republicans are reviving “Confederacy 2.0” by targeting Black political power through redistricting and racial intimidation tactics.
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The South is becoming the frontline again.
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CONFEDERACY 2.0
Summary:
Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones blasted Republicans after a controversial redistricting fight that split Black-majority districts and intensified accusations of voter suppression across the South. Jones described the moment as “racial terror” and accused Tennessee Republicans of reviving a modern version of the Confederacy by targeting Black political power and democratic representation. During the interview with Roland Martin, Jones defended burning a Confederate flag as a symbolic rejection of what he called a new wave of racial control and white supremacist politics. He also called for a Southern-wide mobilization strategy modeled after Freedom Summer to counter what he described as an organized attack on Black voting rights.
🔥 Justin Jones accused Tennessee Republicans of reviving “Confederacy 2.0”
🔥 Jones said the GOP is trying to “choke black political power”
🔥 Tennessee lawmakers split Black-majority districts during the redistricting fight
🔥 Jones burned a Confederate flag in protest over the GOP maps
🔥 “This is racial terror.”
🔥 “They've taken off their white hoods, but yet they still have the same agenda.”
🔥 “They have a southern strategy. We have to have our own Southern Defense Strategy.”
🔥 “This is a war. They have declared war.”
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