TENNESSEE STANDS COMMENTARY
Who’s Funding Tennessee’s Next Governor? Part two.
Congressman John Rose serves on the House Agriculture and House Financial Services Committees in his role as Representative for the 6th Congressional District. He is one of three Republicans running to serve as our Tennessee Governor.
Who’s Funding Tennessee’s Next Governor? Part one.
Stand for Health Freedom released a voter guide for the three gubernatorial candidates this week. They revealed that Senator Marsha Blackburn has only received 22% of her donations from within Tennessee. She has received $6.7 million in donations, has not put in any of her own money and has received $454,200 from 44 PACs.
Rules for Radicals in Tennessee
This week, we saw a playbook get opened in the halls of the Capitol which should be no surprise to any Constitutional Conservative who has been paying attention the last several years, even decades.
Social Justice warriors invoked their leader, Saul Alinsky, and used every step in his guide, “Rules for Radicals”.
A Look at Tennessee’s Arab American Heritage Month
Tennessee has passed two resolutions honoring the national Arab American Heritage Month, once in 2025 and again, just a few weeks ago.
The Arab American Heritage Month was first recognized in 2017 when the Arab America Foundation officially launched their initiative to incorporate the Arab culture into American culture.
Immigration: From SCOTUS to Tennessee’s 114th General Assembly
In Victor Davis Hanson’s book, “The Dying Citizen”, he states “Citizenship, after all, is not an entitlement; it requires work. Yet too many citizens of republics, ancient and modern, come to believe that they deserve rights without assuming responsibilities – and they don’t worry how or why or from whom they inherited their privileges.”
Closed vs. Open Primaries, A Debate Among Conservatives
Early Voting for Tennessee’s first primary election of 2026 is upon us and there’s a bill making its way through the committees which seems to put Republicans passionately on both ends of the spectrum regarding whether or not these elections should be closed to party “members” or open to anyone.
Election Integrity in Tennessee and the Case of Non-Resident Voters
If you were to ask anyone, Republican or Democrat, what are the top 3 things they are following on a federal level, one answer would be the SAVE America Act.
The SAVE Act is an acronym for the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act and Ii case you haven’t had time to read the bill yourself, here’s the gist:
The Week in Review: The Silencing of 2A Rights in Tennessee
On Monday, Chairman Todd Gardenhire (R-Chattanooga) moved ten bills to February of next year.
The problem with this decision is though it is in his power to reschedule bills, he chose to put these bills on a calendar that does not exist, under a Senate that will operate under new rules, with members who may not even be on the committee because of it being an election year.
When Data Becomes Political in Tennessee
This week, the legislature heard two bills with the exact same intent, to collect data from school districts in order for the General Assembly to form informed decisions.
It was determined this week that transparency in regards to illegal immigration is desired among Republicans, but data that would help shape the Education Freedom Scholarships, or “school voucher” program is not a priority.