REP. TORREY HARRIS ON LOSING HIS DISTRICT TO GOP REDISTRICTING | TN Holler
Rep Torrey Harris, the first out LGBT black legislator in Memphis, and one of the youngest, shares his thoughts on likely losing his district to redistricting.
INTERVIEW: ASHLEY PEREIRA (survivor of “Alabama pastor who raped teen gets probation” story)
ASHLEY PEREIRA was raped by ex-Jason Greathouse in Alabama at 14, and her parents pushed her to marry him. They are now divorced. He just was let off with no jail time. They both now live in Tennessee (him in HENDERSONVILLE) and she’s forced to share custody of their child with him, while he doesn’t pay any child support.
CLIP: “Seeing my daughter at 14—it sits worse with me. Imagining looking her in the eye like ‘you have to co-parent with your rapist for 18 years.’”@Theasheira was raped at 14, her parents pushed to marry him. He got no prison. They share custody.
POD: https://t.co/WaKGOVNGqZ pic.twitter.com/MF0mCS15Fb
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) October 19, 2021
INTERVIEW: REP. GLORIA JOHNSON On the anti-mask backlash closing schools
REP. GLORIA JOHNSON joins us to discuss the threats to block schools and the overall Anti-Mask backlash that got Knox Schools closed today.
LIVE: REP. GLORIA JOHNSON on the Knox County Backlash https://t.co/4znRLctrQX
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) September 27, 2021
INTERVIEW: JB SMILEY JR., CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
We’re joined LIVE by JB Smiley Jr., a Memphis councilman running for governor of Tennessee as a Democrat.
Watch the FULL INTERVIEW below. CLIP HERE. Listen to the PODCAST HERE.
LIVE: JB SMILEY JR. (@jbsmileyjr), CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR https://t.co/iCFtkB1hMs
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) September 15, 2021
INTERVIEW: ANTI-CRT VICTIM COACH HAWN & KYLA JENEE LACEY
We spoke with fired teacher Matthew Hawn & Poet Kyla Jenee Lacey. Hawn is popular with students, a victim of anti-CRT furor. It’s under review, and would be Sullivan County’s loss.
WATCH: “I felt like I was just introducing a powerful piece of art.”
We spoke with fired teacher Matthew Hawn & Poet @Kyla_Lacey. Hawn is popular with students, a victim of anti-CRT furor. It’s under review, and would be Sullivan County’s loss.
PODCAST: https://t.co/te6qU9DId6 pic.twitter.com/jnwpNllzmq
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 25, 2021
INTERVIEW: ADAM BRODY
Adam Brody joins Kanew to talk about politics and the state of the country, why AOC, Rep. Bush and other women of color are heroes, and why the consciousness-shift we’re seeing is exciting.
WATCH: “These women of color at the tip of the spear—I’m in awe. I feel like I’m watching future icons, great ?? heroes in action.”
Adam Brody’s (@Handlebrody) gave love to @AOC @RepCori @staceyabrams & others “leading the battle for hearts & minds” in the face of real danger. pic.twitter.com/axk5ukAXMd
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 5, 2021
REP. GLORIA JOHNSON ON “UNHINGED” SPEAKER SEXTON’S THREATS
Watch the FULL INTERVIEW with Rep. Gloria Johnson about Speaker Sexton’s “unhinged” presser threatening to call a special session to punish school districts that take measures to keep their students safe.
CLIP: “He’s saying ‘I don’t care how scared you are’ -he’s unhinged… when they tell you who they are, believe them.”
Rep. @VoteGloriaJ on Speaker @CSexton25’s anti-school mask mandate “tantrum”, threatening districts that try to keep kids safe. ? #HollerHour @KnoxvilleHoller pic.twitter.com/1NZPRxBkn0
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 3, 2021
INTERVIEW: ASHLEY KING, KKK STATUE PROTESTOR
Ashley King was a presence at the Capitol making legislators uncomfortable to get the KKK Grand Wizard Statue moved. Now it’s gone, and he’s here to tell us how it feels.
“WE HAVE OTHER WORK TO DO, BUT AT LEAST THAT’S ONE DOWN.”
WATCH: “We have other work to do, but at least that’s 1 down.”
ASHLEY KING, a KKK GRAND WIZARD BUST protestor, told us he opposed it from Day 1, and that he learned the Capitol’s acoustics playing in it as a son of a state Rep. #KKKBustGGGone
PODCAST: https://t.co/eAsnCKBknL pic.twitter.com/GUBygXI7YH
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 27, 2021
INTERVIEW: COMEDIAN WALTER MASTERSON (Master of Trolling Right-Wing Extremists)
Comedian Walter Masterson joins us to talk about trolling Rep. Greene & Rep. Gaetz in California, and a local school board in NY where anti-CRT parents had no idea he was making fun of them. (PODCAST)
LIVE: COMEDIAN @WalterMasterson, master of Trolling Right-Wing Extremists https://t.co/kQri8jD3pu
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 19, 2021
CLIP:
WATCH: “I paid $250 to call @RepMattGaetz a pedophile to his face.”
Comedian @waltermasterson, master of trolling right-wing extremists, tells @Kanew the backstory of trolling Gaetz & @RepMTG at their sloppy event in California.
PODCAST: https://t.co/PUlS8qVcBq pic.twitter.com/Mp4zSbTOc4
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 19, 2021
INTERVIEW: BISHOP WILLIAM J. BARBER II
Reverend Dr. William J Barber II on Juneteenth, messaging to rural Tennessee, Critical Race Theory, and calling out hypocrites like Governor Lee to their faces when they act like they care about MLK while standing against everything he stood for.
LIVE: @RevDrBarber! The one & only reverend joins @Kanew LIVE to talk about the online rally TOMORROW, June 21, 5:30pm ET for the National Poor People’s & Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly. #PoorPeoplesCampaign #3rdReconstruction #MoralMovement #MoralMonday https://t.co/AukV7qYOcI
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) June 20, 2021