GOOD
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO INSIDE MODERATOR JOHN BECKER. STATEHOUSE IN NASHVILLE TAKES
ANOTHER TWIST THIS WEEK WITH
GLEN CASADA BOWING TO
POLITICAL PRESSURE AND SAYING
HE WILL STEP DOWN FROM HIS
POWERFUL POST AS SPEAKER.HERE
TO SORT OUT WHAT'S NEXT..ARE
THREE LAWMKERS FROM KNOXVILLE.
DEMOCRAT GLORIA
>>>
>>> IS
>>> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD ALL DO NOT DO SOONER
RATHER THAN LATER?
>> HOW LONG WILL YOU WAIT?
YOU MIGHT WANT TO WEIGH IN ON
THIS AS WELL.
HOW IMMINENT
HOW IMMINENT WILL IT BE?
WILL THEY ALLOW YOU TO SERVE
UNTIL JANUARY?
UNTIL JANUARY? >> I WILL BE ADVOCATING FOR AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE, IT IS VERY
CLEAR, LETTING THE HEALING
BEGIN, WE SAY THAT WE ARE GOING
TO GET RID OF THE CORRUPTION
THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, THE
RACISM, THE SEXISM, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT SIT ON
AND WAIT A WHILE, UNTIL THE
SPEAKER DECIDES TO STEP DOWN.
WE HAVE TO GET MOVING ON THAT,
IN MY OPINION.
>> THE ACTIONS OF ONE PERSON,
EVEN IF IT IS THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE, IT DOES NOT REFLECT
THE BODY.
THE BODY.
THE BODY. I SERVED WITH MEN AND WOMEN OF
INTEGRITY, WITH CONSTITUENTS
THAT MAKE VERY LITTLE MONEY, IT
IS REALLY ABOUT SERVICE, MAYBE
THE SPEAKER IS ONE PERSON'S
ACTIONS, IT DOES NOT REFLECT
THE BODY.
THE BODY.
THE BODY. AND THE SPEAKER BRINGS A STEADY
CALMING FACTOR.
CALMING FACTOR. THERE IS NOT A PERSON ON EITHER
SIDE OF THE AISLE THAT DOES NOT
TRUST THE SPEAKER.
HE IS APPROACHABLE.
HE WILL PROVIDE CONSISTENCY AND
STEADINESS.
STEADINESS. BASED ON THE MASS OF THE LAST
THREE WEEKS, I THINK WE HAVE
FOUND THE PERFECT PERSON TO
PRESIDE PROVIDE THAT.
WE NEED TO PUT THIS BEHIND US.
I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT
THING FOR TENNESSEE AND IT HAS
BROUGHT SOME UNITY ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE.
I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A
FRESH START.
FRESH START. >> THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS
TO WEATHER THE SPEAKER HAS TO
STEP DOWN OR RESIGN.
WHAT ARE YOUR OPINIONS?
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT HE
IS STEPPING DOWN AS SPEAKER,
PERSONALLY I BELIEVE HE NEEDS
TO LEAVE THE BODY.
>> THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING AS
WELL, THAT HE WILL BE STEPPING
DOWN AS SPEAKER.
>> YOU UNDERSTAND,
REPRESENTATIVE?
REPRESENTATIVE? >> I DID NOT TALK TO HIM.
HE WAS NOT WILLING TO RESIGN
AND LEFT IT AT THAT.
>> ON