@JasonLPowell

husband & father_ TN State Rep District 53_real estate_blockchain_entrepreneur_small biz owner_polymath_Nashville TN politics_CU Buffs_footballer_runner_swimmer

 Nashville, TN
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Joined April 2023
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“Marsha Blackburn knows it wasn’t DEI that caused this to happen” Rep. @JasonLPowell pushes back on @MarshaBlackburn’s pathetic attempt to blame “DEI” or “woke” policies for the Nashville power outage People died, Marsha. Grow tf up. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nas…
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NASHVILLE REP. @JasonLPowell: “So many I’ve heard from are now wondering if NES stands for No Electricity Service because they’re not getting the service they need.” @NESpower ⚡️
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⚡️JUST NOW: 12 TENNESSEE DEMS WALK OUT DURING @GovBillLee’s STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH In protest of Lee’s voucher scam and anti-immigrant agenda
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An understandably angry and emotional REP. @JasonLPowell, who reps the district ANTIOCH HIGH is in, offered an amendment to make schools safer👇🏽😳 Republicans predictably killed it — and Speaker @CSexton25 threatened the gallery for reacting. #LeesVoucherScam
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WATCH: Rep. Aftyn Behn & @JasonLPowell push back on House Republicans who made their first priority action of the entire session a resolution against trans athletes — of which there have been 0 in Tennessee.
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Just today, I wrote a column on the tragic murder of Alyssa Lokits at a South Nashville greenway. It was important to mention @JasonLPowell 's letter to @freddieoconnell @MNPDNashville Chief Drake and Parks Director Odom call for more public safety measures. tennessean.com/story/opinion…
David Plazas@davidplazas23 Oct 2024
Senator: I write about many different issues. Last month, for example, I celebrated your Senate Bill 1137/House Bill 1229 on housing with @CalebHemmer as an important tool in addressing the housing crisis. tennessean.com/story/opinion…
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JUST NOW: Ref-pantsing @tnhousegop caucus chair @JeremyFaison4TN taunts @brotherjones_ & @Justinjpearson — saying they’ll never pass a bill. (Also likely talking to @VoteGloriaJ)
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REVEALED: Secret recording shows school voucher proponent talking of 'public hangings' of lawmakers newschannel5.com/news/newsch…

REVEALED: Secret recording shows school voucher proponent talking of 'public hangings' of lawmakers

A secret recording from a 2016 strategy session reveals how ultra-wealthy forces have laid the groundwork for the current debate in the Tennessee legislature over school vouchers.

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WATCH: “This is targeting students. The confederate flag can be flown but a pride flag can’t be displayed—I want to send a different message: Tennessee is welcoming & loving to all students.” Republicans (+ Johnny Shaw) killed @JasonLPowell’s amendment to Bully @GinoBulso’s bill
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WATCH: “It’s so upsetting that this is happening in our state — what kind of message are we sending to kids?” @Campbell4TN & @JasonLPowell are trying to ban hitting kids in schools. Republicans have blocked the corporal punishment ban in the past. More: wkrn.com/news-2-poll-questio…
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There is a movement afoot in Tennessee. Now I'm running for US Senate because our work doesn't stop here. Join us.

Stand Up

There is a movement afoot in Tennessee. Now I'm running for US Senate because our work doesn't stop here. Join us.

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WATCH: “Please don’t stop… it’s not ok… we’re taking names, and taking seats.” Covenant Mom @SarahShoop33 hints to TN Dems @Justinjpearson @JasonLPowell @VoteGloriaJ that another Covenant Mom @mbalexan will challenge Brentwood bully @GinoBulso in a 2024 Republican primary.
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The ReidOut@thereidout30 Aug 2023
TN St. Rep. @brotherjones_ on calling for vote of "no confidence" for TN House Speaker Sexton: "The speaker was so afraid to have this vote of no confidence because he knows that he's leading Tennessee on the path of failure, humiliation, and authoritarianism." #TheReidOut
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REP. @JasonLPowell: “Let’s keep going! Let’s take the fight to the ballot box! Call all your friends and neighbors and ask them to show up when this shameful legislature reopens.” #TNSpecialSession
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Tennessee Sen. @CharlaneOliver and Rep. @JasonLPowell demand answers regarding the use of the Tennessee Highway Patrol and other restrictions at the Capitol during this week's special session on public safety. (Correcting/deleting previous post.)
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WATCH: “We have arrived in a very scary, sad place in Tennessee — troopers are being used to suppress democracy.” @JasonLPowell in this @NC5PhilWilliams piece on #KremlinCameron @CSexton25’s #CapitolCrackdown, and the misuse of troopers to do it. FULL: xitter.cf/nc5philwilliams/status…
Phil Williams
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WATCH: A NewsChannel 5 investigation uncovered questions about whether state troopers should ever have been used to forcibly remove worried mothers whose only offense was silently holding up small signs of protest. (More details in link below.)
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WATCH: A NewsChannel 5 investigation uncovered questions about whether state troopers should ever have been used to forcibly remove worried mothers whose only offense was silently holding up small signs of protest. (More details in link below.)
Phil Williams
@PhilNvestigates24 Aug 2023
REVEALED: 'We have arrived in a very scary place,' use of THP against peaceful protesters questioned newschannel5.com/news/newsch…

REVEALED: 'We have arrived in a very scary place,' use of THP against peaceful protesters questioned

A NewsChannel 5 investigation uncovered questions about whether state troopers should have been put in this situation in the first place.

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WATCH: “I think the chair owes the people of Tennessee an apology for the way they were treated yesterday…. SHAME ON US.” Rep. @JasonLPowell demands a public apology from Rep. Lowell Russell for having moms removed from committee by troopers yesterday. (He stayed silent)
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Rep. Jason Powell lighting up Rep. Jeremy Faison's bill shielding gunowners whose guns are stolen and used in crimes from civil liability in House Civil Justice committee, saying in part it's ridiculous to focus on victims them instead of victims of gun deaths @WKRN #TNLeg23
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Another powerful moment as Rep. @JasonLPowell asks Covenant moms if any of this legislation will change anything. He talks about survivor’s guilt when he found out the shooting was not at his son’s school.
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