'We broke House rules, but we were obedient to our oath,' Jones told ABC News.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. --, spoke out in a new interview with ABC News.
"I believe that this whole process has been unconstitutional," Jones said, calling the GOP lawmakers out by name for what he believes was a racially motivated political attack. "They killed democracy in Tennessee...Their action was meant to intimidate. It was meant to humiliate, but what it did was put the state of Tennessee on trial for the world to see," he continued."We have decorum. We have process and procedure.
Shulman said the Nashville Metro Council will move swiftly on Monday to suspend rules in order to vote Jones back to his House seat.
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