Rep. Justin Jones burns Confederate flag during Tennessee redistricting protest
Representative Justin Jones burned a Confederate flag on the steps of the Tennessee State Capitol while protesting Republican-drawn congressional maps that split Memphis. Video shows Jones lighting and discarding the flag amid a crowd of protesters as lawmakers debated the redistricting plan. The contested maps reallocate Memphis neighborhoods across multiple districts, which opponents say fragments the city's Black voting strength. Jones's act transformed Confederate iconography into a direct challenge to the redistricting fight and escalated stakes over representation in Tennessee.
Rep. Justin Jones burning a Confederate flag during the special session on Tennessee redistricting Jones: “It’s a form of Jim Crow terror — this is about race. This is about power. This is about silencing communities that have historically been excluded”
Ray Woodson25Wish I could “like” this 100 times
Maire Athena24Good for him! Symbols of and support for white supremacy has to get burnt out of the country’s political system.
Very Silly Dinosaur18More Reps like this young man!!!
castoff62.bsky.social10It is amazing to me how much bigotry and hate six racist f**krs can generate. Justin Jones is the epitome of the best kind of good trouble and more of a man than any of those six SC dweebs.
BlueAnon8MAGA = Modern Day KKK
Bob6Have a street demonstration Burning those Nazi racist flags of hate and stupidity
CAGirlinSF5Please, white people, I beg you to please read “Mothers of Massive Resistance.” bookshop.org/p/books/moth...
yesion4I believe that forefathers of this nation gave you a playbook: No Taxation Without Representation. Maybe it’s time to take an example.
DExhaustion2It goes to show exactly why we needed the “voters rights act 1965”! We live in a country in which we’re actually going backwards. I wonder how long it’ll be before women have to have men co-sign for credit as well as having bank accounts in our own names!
Open Secret Alien2I say burn down the whole fucking thing.
Eric2this would look good playing on a loop on one of the big Times Square screens
🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ fuck aaron rodericks2Images that belong on textbook covers forever
Denali FOREVER 🎨🖌🐈⬛2Hell yeah! Burn them all.
tantetiffa.bsky.social2Funny how he reminds me of one of the Founding Fathers.
Money Is Fake2I burn confederate flags on sight, on principle. It’s nice to see a politician finally grow a spine and join in.
Rep Justin Jones burns the confederate flag after Tennessee GOP voted their redistricting plan.
See Tiger Learn5Since SCOTUS is filled with liars and doesn’t respect judicial precedence, I see no reason we should follow the illegitimate court’s edicts.
jerrito8.bsky.social4I admire this man for consistently fighting for those who are trampled underfoot by the Fascist Republicans who run the state.
Mama Nichols3They're going to be in for some uprising in Memphis if you ask me.
NightOwl3how soon til he's arrested for "endangerment"?
