Yes, the expelled Tennessee lawmakers could return to their seats
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Two Tennessee state reps who were removed from office could be appointed to fill their own vacancies, and voted back permanently in a special election.
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Young Black Dems Could Be Reappointed To Tennessee House After ‘White Supremacist-Led’ Expulsion
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Tennessee House GOP expels 2 Democrats in retaliation over gun control protest, on 'sad day for democracy'
Headline from ABC 12 Flint ·
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Yes, the expelled Tennessee lawmakers could return to their seats
Tennessee's Republican-led House voted to expel the two Black Democratic lawmakers who led a raucous protest from the House floor calling for gun law reforms. Their one White colleague was saved.
Tennessee Democratic Reps. Justin Jones of Nashville and Justin Pearson of Memphis — two young Black men — were expelled from the state House on Thursday, while Rep. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville — an…
Tennessee Republicans have expelled two Democratic lawmakers from the state Legislature for their role in a protest calling for more gun control. Here's a look at what could happen next.
Two Democratic members of the Tennessee House of Representatives have been expelled while a third member was spared in an ousting by Republican lawmakers that was decried by the trio
Both former lawmakers told NBC's Meet the Press that they want to return to their positions as lawmakers. Special elections for the seats, which have yet to be set, will follow in the coming months.
Two expelled Black Democratic lawmakers in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats. The comments by former Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson follow
Two former Black Democratic lawmakers expelled by Republicans in Tennessee say they want their seats back. They were ousted for protesting on the House floor for gun control after a deadly school shooting.
Two Tennessee Democrats who were expelled from the Republican-dominated state House of Representatives last week over their participation in a gun control protest said on Sunday that they hoped to
Two Democrats expelled from the Tennessee Legislature last week by more than two-thirds of their GOP colleagues say they plan to return to their seats either by being reappointed by county officials or through special elections.
Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats, following their ouster for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly school shooting.
Two Tennessee state reps who were removed from office could be appointed to fill their own vacancies, and voted back permanently in a special election.
Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton will seat the two black Democratic lawmakers who were forced out last week over their protests following a mass school shooting if the county commissions vote them back in, a spokesperson for Sexton said Monday.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black Democrats who was thrown out of the Tennessee House last week appeared likely to get his seat back Monday, just days after the GOP exacted retribution agai
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats, following their ouster for a protest on the House floor urging passage of gun-control measures in the wake of a deadly s…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two former Black Democratic lawmakers who were expelled by Republican colleagues in Tennessee say they want to be reappointed, then elected back to their seats, following their
