Nashville City Paper: Some see possible state amendments as unnecessary

Party Chairman Chip Forrester and House Democratic Chairman Mike Turner call out Republicans for playing politics on upcoming constitutional amendments while there has been little focus on putting Tennesseans back to work.

The answer is politics, said state Democratic Party chairman Chip Forrester.

“You have to question the timing and motivation behind these efforts, because these ideological issues aren’t even on the radar for most voters. The top priority throughout the state is creating jobs, but that’s barely a footnote on the majority’s agenda,” Forrester said.

“Republicans are in charge, they control what gets debated, and the simple truth is that they’d rather resurrect a tired old boogeyman than lift a finger to put people back to work.”

“We do two things up here,” said House Democratic Party chairman Mike Turner. “We play politics. Then after politics, we get around to governing. The GOP majority hasn’t gotten around to governing yet. They’re still playing politics.”

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