News reports broke on March 22, 2022, that a potentially nefarious plan is being considered by state Democrat party leaders to remove long serving House Democrat John Mark Windle from ballot eligibility in 2022 because he has a history of supporting core constitutional rights like those protected by the 2nd Amendment? It would appear so in what some might consider a further indicator that the far left progressives have gained too much control of the Democrat party … at least in the South.
On March 22, the Tennessee Star network broke a story that examined this issue in detail. The story noted that Rep. Windle has served in the state’s House of Representatives move than 30 years, since 1991. Rep. Windle is a colonel in the Tennessee National Guard who was deployed to Kosovo and who has had two combat tours to Iraq. He was injured during his first tour in a mortar attack. Yet, Rep. Windle has served in numerous leadership positions in the Democrat party and legislative caucus. He is clearly one of the more respected senior legislators in the General Assembly and is often seen by both parties as a principled leader of integrity.
According to the Tennessee Star’s report, the plan is to have the Democrat party committee vote to remove Rep. Windle from the ballot but that such vote would be delayed until after the April 7, 2022, qualifying deadline for candidates in 2022. This is not a new scheme by the state Democrat (or even local Democrat) party leaders since a similar nefarious plan was used in 2020 to eliminate Rep. John DeBerry from qualifying to run for re-election.
The story is so significant that it also made national news:
An examination of records maintained by the Tennessee Firearms Association shows that Rep. John Mark Windle has a long history, as did many prior Democrats in Tennessee, of supporting 2nd Amendment issues in the General Assembly. Historically, Democrat support of 2nd Amendment issues tended to be indicated by whether the legislator represented a rural as opposed to an urban district although that was not an absolute indicator since Nashville Democrat Rep. Ben West Jr. (deceased) often carried 2nd Amendment legislation in Tennessee.
What this plan does indicate, if implemented, is a continued direct assault by the Tennessee Democrat party as an entity on an actual fundamental constitutionally protected right.
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