Chris O’Brien (@THEChrisOB) / X

Chris O’Brien

6,796 posts

Chris O’Brien

@THEChrisOB

PIO @TNECD | @UFJSchool alum 🐊

Nashville, TN

christophercobrien.com

Joined August 2015

Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 3, 2023
Elementary school students and leaders have formed a tunnel that House lawmakers will be forced to walk through when session starts in an hour or so. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
813K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 3, 2023
Enormous crowd and scene here at the Capitol. Stretches all the way to the Legislative Plaza. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
821K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Aug 22, 2023
Parents are in tears over being kicked out of Civil Justice Subcommittee. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
810K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 3, 2023
Vanderbilt students just showed up and this crowd has easily doubled in size. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
425K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Aug 22, 2023
Caught up with an emotional @SarahShoop33 after she and other Covenant families were kicked out of Civil Justice Subcommittee. "I don't think they get what this means. We're here for six people who were killed in our school. We're just trying to do something." @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
291K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Mar 27, 2024
A human chain has formed outside of Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville. @myeowenstv is at the other end at the state Capitol. @voices4saferTN tells me they’re expecting about 13,000 people in support of gun reform one year after Covenant. @WKRN #TNLeg24
00:00
97K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 18, 2023
Folks are linking arms now, as the chain is really starting to take shape. @voices4saferTN told me yesterday they had roughly 6,200 people registered. That grew to over 9,000 today. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
235K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 3, 2023
Crowd is really growing here. I’m estimating currently between 700 and 1,000 and growing. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
217K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Aug 29, 2023
Covenant mother Sarah Neumann is being consoled by Reps. Gloria Johnson, Jason Powell and Justin Pearson as special session adjourns in chaos. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
75K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Aug 23, 2023
I asked the Covenant parents nonprofit if they felt the legislature cared about what they'd been through the last few months. Emotions were very raw. "It's concerning how much more they may care about what the lobbyists from the gun industry have to say." @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
89K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 3, 2023
Hundreds, maybe somewhere between 300-400 people (mostly children and parents) here now and another 100 or so in the House chamber. It is LOUD. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
00:00
116K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 14, 2023
Yes, actually. He was asked, "It's been reported that you're living Davidson County or this immediate area, yet you've gotten mileage and per diem almost every week for the past year based on Crossville travel. How do you justify that? @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
1.7M
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Aug 28, 2023
Wild sequence of events. Democrats have walked out of session after Rep. Justin Jones was ruled out of order and cannot speak for the rest of the day. Protest broke out in the gallery and Speaker Cameron Sexton ordered it to be cleared. @WKRN #TNLeg23
00:00
00:00
00:00
295K
Chris O’Brien
@THEChrisOB
Apr 20, 2023
BREAKING: Rep. Scotty Campbell has resigned effective immediately, according to Speaker Cameron Sexton. @WKRN #TNLeg23
826K