NASHVILLE, TN - APRIL 06: Democratic state Reps. Gloria Johnson (L) and Justin Jones embrace after a vote that expelled Jones from the governing body on April 6, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jones was expelled after he, Johnson and Rep. Justin Pears NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to send him straight back to the Legislature.The unanimous vote by the Nashville Metropolitan Council restores Rep.
Justin Jones to office just four days after Republicans stripped him of his seat. Moments after the decision, Jones began marching to the Capitol several blocks away with hundreds of supporters."When they tried to bury us, they didn’t realize we were seeds," Jones told supporters at the Nashville courthouse before the vote.RELATED: Nashville officials poised to vote on restoring ousted state lawmakerRepublicans banished the two lawmakers over their role in a gun-control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting.The Tennessee House voted to expel two Democratic lawmakers, Reps.
Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, from the state Legislature for their role in a gun control protest following the deadly school shooting in Nashville, TN.