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Nashville council reappoints expelled state lawmaker Justin Jones

Por: CBS News Politics April 10, 2023

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 state Rep.  was reinstated to the Tennessee House in a unanimous decision by Nashville's Metro Council less than a week after he was kicked out for participating in a . A Republican supermajority consisting of two-thirds of the Tennessee House voted last Thursday to expel Jones and fellow Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson, who are both Black. Another Democrat, Rep. Gloria Johnson, who also participated in the protest, survived the vote... + full article



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