Sunday, October 27

One expelled Black lawmaker reinstated to Tennessee House

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — One of the 2 Black Democrats who had been expelled final week from the GOP-led Tennessee House was reinstated Monday after Nashville’s governing council voted to ship him straight again to the Legislature.

The council vote sends Rep. Justin Jones again to the Capitol after simply 4 days.

Republicans banished the 2 lawmakers over their function in a gun-control protest on the House flooring within the aftermath of a lethal college capturing.

The different lawmaker, Justin Pearson, may very well be reappointed Wednesday at a Wednesday of the Shelby County Commission.

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