JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table id="listitems">
    <tr>
        <td>row1</td>
        <td>row1</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>row2</td>
        <td>row2</td>
    </tr>
</table>
<p id="create-discussion" style="cursor: pointer;">create discussion</p>

JavaScript

$(function() {
    $( "#create-discussion" ).click(function() {
        alert("Clicked");
    });

    $( "#listitems tr" ).click(function(event) {
        alert("clicked");
    });
});