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Heidi Li Feldman Apr 10, 2023

This is why we should all support #JustinJones and #JustinPearson :

"Minutes before the vote, Jones entered the council chamber and jumped onto a bench and started addressing his supporters. He called the House speaker an “extremist” while vowing the younger generation would eventually succeed in enacting tougher gun laws."
https://wapo.st/43jjp3Q (gift access)

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Nashville council reinstates Black Tennessee lawmaker

A Nashville council voted to reinstate Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of two Black lawmakers expelled for leading a gun-control protest on the state House floor.

The Washington Post

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Heidi Li Feldman Apr 10, 2023

According to the same article posted above, it appears that #JustinPearson has the votes on the municipal commission in his district to be appointed to the vacancy created when he was expelled. That vote is scheduled for Wednesday. https://wapo.st/43jjp3Q

Nashville council reinstates Black Tennessee lawmaker

A Nashville council voted to reinstate Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of two Black lawmakers expelled for leading a gun-control protest on the state House floor.

The Washington Post

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Heidi Li Feldman

From The Tennessean:
""This afternoon's vote is unprecedented," Mayor John Cooper said.... "Voters in District 52 elected [#JustinJones] to be their voice at the statehouse, and that voice was taken away this past week. So let's give them their voice back. I call on this body to vote unanimously, right now, to do just that."
"The council unanimously voted to suspend the rules to nominate Jones to the vacant seat. ...
Jones won the vote 36-0...." https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2023/04/10/justin-jones-expulsion-updates-rally-planned-outside-metro-nashville-council/70099458007/
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Rep. Justin Jones expulsion updates: Council reappoints, Jones retakes oath of office

The Metro Council unanimously voted to reappoint Justin Jones to his District 52 seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

The Tennessean