Gloria Johnson Says She'll Fight for Tennesseans in the Senate: 'People Are Fed Up'

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“I’m tired of my politicians being multi-millionaires,” she said. “We need elected leaders who understand what it’s like on a daily basis to strive to pay your bills and do what’s necessary. I understand how most Tennesseans live. That the majority of Tennesseans are one car problem away from bankruptcy.”

The state legislator says she couldn’t be more different than the longtime incumbent GOP Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who she’s described as out of touch and passionately pro-Trump. The former president endorsed Blackburn in July, calling her a “True Fighter.” But it was Johnson who made national headlines for speaking out in favor of gun-reform and facing discipline as a result.

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In an interview with Democracy Docket, she lamented the presence of far-right and neo-Nazi groups in the state. “People who look like me especially need to speak up and speak out, and we need to stand with those who are being oppressed,” she said. “And we need to call it out [or] it’s not going to change.”

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We have someone who has voted against capping insulin at $35 and voted against negotiating drug prices for seniors. It boggles the mind. Why would somebody do that? But then you find out that my opponent has taken ($1.3 million) from Big Pharma. So we have a U.S. senator who is not working for Tennessee, she’s working for lobbyists and corporations.

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