Republican Tennessee lawmakers expelled two House Democrats and failed to expel another after they joined protesters in calling for stronger gun control following a school shooting.

Democratic state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were expelled Thursday, while state Rep. Gloria Johnson managed to hold on to her seat. Jones and Pearson are both Black. Johnson is white.

The expulsion hearings were in response to the three Democrats leading protesters in chants on the House floor last week without being recognized to speak. Hundreds of protesters, many of them children, called for stronger gun control following a school shooting that left three children and three adults dead last month.