Justin Jones, a member of the so-called “Tennessee Three,” won back his state House seat after Republican lawmakers expelled him for his participation in a pro-gun control protest in the Capitol.…
, a member of the so-called “Tennessee Three,” won back his state House seat Thursday after Republican lawmakers expelled him for his participation in a pro-gun control protest in the Capitol.Along with Jones, fellow Democrat Justin Pearson, 28, was also vying to reclaim his House seat in Memphis against independent candidate Jeff Johnston after also being expelled in April.
While Jones and Pearson’s reelection to their old posts won’t make a significant dent to the Republican supermajority inside the Legislature, they are expected to push back heavily against some of their GOP colleagues’ policies. It wasn’t until this spring that their political careers received a boost when they joined fellow DemocratThe demonstration took place just days after a fatal shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville where a shooter killed three children and three adults.
Republican lawmakers quickly declared that their actions violated House rules and moved to expel their three colleagues — an extraordinary move that’s been taken only a handful of times since the Civil War.
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