07-03-2025
Bo Watson wins contest for most inhumane senator with undocumented students bill
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Tennessee state Sen. Bo Watson, R-Hixson, stood before the Senate Education Subcommittee Wednesday and put forth a bill that would require undocumented children to pay tuition to attend public school in this state.
He proudly claimed the bill was being brought under the guise of 'fiscal responsibility.' But we all know this was pretext for a far more nefarious purpose.
With this bill, Mr. Watson has doubled down on his run to be the most inhumane member of the General Assembly.
Between this bill, SB0836, and his legislation felonizing elected officials voting in favor of sanctuary cities, he has truly distinguished himself as a senator to be ashamed of.
The supermajority in the General Assembly is increasingly emboldened to pass bigoted and reprehensible legislation because they have the votes.
Opinion: Democrats won't root for America unless they are in charge. That's shameful.
Tennessee is the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan. We should be moving away from this checkered past, not sliding back towards the same ideologies that birthed that hate group in the first place.
Our state and its most vulnerable residents, undocumented children who have no blame for their legal status, deserve better.
John Baxter, Nashville 37209
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