Tennessee Democrat Reinstated to House Seat by Nashville Council After Being Expelled

Nashville’s Metro Council voted unanimously on April 10 to reinstate Democrat Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones to the office he was expelled from last week.
Jones was sworn in on the steps of the State Capitol shortly after the Metro Council meeting a few blocks away. He was then escorted into the Capitol building, where the House gaveled into session just a half hour earlier.
Jones, 27, was one of the two black Democratic lawmakers expelled by the Republican-controlled Tennessee General Assembly over their participation in a gun control protest on the House floor in the days that followed a deadly school shooting….}