Cheers erupted after the Metro Nashville Council unanimously reappointed Democratic Rep. Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Cheers erupted Monday evening after Nashville's Metropolitan Council unanimously reappointed Democratic Rep. Justin Jones to the Tennessee House of Representatives after Republicans expelled him from the chamber last week over a gun control protest.
In sharp contrast with the Republican-dominated House's 72-25 expulsion vote on Thursday, all 36 Metro Council members supported Jones reclaiming his seat representing District 52.Jones was the only candidate even considered. He was nominated by Delishia Porterfield, the Democratic council member for District 29, who called his expulsion a"miscarriage of justice."
Just before the"unprecedented" vote, Democratic Nashville Mayor John Cooper declared that"voters in District 52 elected Justin Jones 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."from the House last week. A third GOP expulsion resolution targeting Rep. Gloria Johnson , who is white, failed.
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