The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted unanimously Monday to send Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones back to the Tennessee Legislature after his GOP colleagues stripped him of the title last week.
Former Tennessee state representative Justin Jones blamed a "white supremacist system" for his removal after joining in an anti-gun protest at the state Capitol., is being sent back to the Legislature. voted unanimously Monday to restore Jones to office, less than a week after GOP lawmakers stripped him of his seat.
A third Democrat, Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, was targeted for expulsion as well, but was spared by a single vote. Johnson, who is White, has suggested that race was a factor in why Jones and Pearson were ousted but not her. As protesters filled galleries, the lawmakers approached the front of the House chamber with a bullhorn and participated in a chant.
GOP leaders have said the expulsions — a mechanism used only a handful of times since the Civil War — were necessary to avoid setting a precedent that lawmakers' disruptions of House proceedings through protest would be tolerated.Jones' appointment is on an interim basis. Special elections for the seats will take place in the coming months. Jones and Pearson have said they plan to run in the special election.
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