Nashville Council votes unanimously to reappoint Justin Jones to state legislature

[Rumpole]

Rep. Justin Jones gets his comeuppance!

Karma's a bitch, you Nashville Repubs!

Justin Jones returns to state legislature after unanimous Nashville Council appointment

Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, returned to the Tennessee legislature just four days after he was expelled thanks to a vote from Nashville's council.

www.tennessean.com

• Justin Jones became the first Tennessee House representative to be expelled for breaking decorum rules on April 6 for leading a chant for gun reform on the floor of the House chamber.
• Nashville's council is responsible for appointing an interim representative to fill the vacancy for the District 52 House seat until a special election is held.
• Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, was also expelled for his role in the protest. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, who stood alongside Jones and Pearson, escaped expulsion by one vote.

Nashville Rep. Justin Jones reclaimed his seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives Monday with the backing of Nashville's Council, which voted to reappoint him four days after he was expelled for leading chants for gun reform with a bullhorn on the chamber floor.

In one of its first legislative actions following a shooting at a Nashville elementary school that killed six people, the House Republican supermajority ejected Jones with a 72-25 vote for defying House decorum — making him the first House member to be removed from elected office for a decorum violation.

"You tried to bury us, but we are seeds," Jones said in a speech to hundreds of supporters gathered in Nashville's public square before the vote Monday afternoon.

 

[MarathonMike]

Oh what a great day for America, the Republic is saved!!! Another manufactured crisis by Democrats. SSDD

 

[Augustine_]

Oh what a great day for America, the Republic is saved!!! Another manufactured crisis by Democrats. SSDD

 

[saveliberty]

That was a bad move on their part. Oh, they'll be able to vote, but no committee assignments means no real influence. Might as well have picked a dead guy.

 

[CarsomyrPlusSix]

Just expel the trash again.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Oh what a great day for America, the Republic is saved!!! Another manufactured crisis by Democrats. SSDD

Seems it was the Repubs that did the manufacturing. Now the state has to have a special election and waste millions of dollars so the people can vote the same two guys back into office.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

That was a bad move on their part. Oh, they'll be able to vote, but no committee assignments means no real influence. Might as well have picked a dead guy.

Hello? Tennessee? As Dems they never had and won't ever have, influence. Now, all this publicity has definitely given their careers a boost~

 

[blackhawk]

Everyone was saying they would be back in quickly this is no surprise to anyone paying attention.

 

[saveliberty]

Hello? Tennessee? As Dems they never had and won't ever have, influence. Now, all this publicity has definitely given their careers a boost~

Really? They're voiceless and didn't get a promotion that I can see. As you pointed out they won't ever have influence.

 

[BS Filter]

Rep. Justin Jones gets his comeuppance!

Karma's a bitch, you Nashville Repubs!

Justin Jones returns to state legislature after unanimous Nashville Council appointment

Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, returned to the Tennessee legislature just four days after he was expelled thanks to a vote from Nashville's council.

www.tennessean.com

• Justin Jones became the first Tennessee House representative to be expelled for breaking decorum rules on April 6 for leading a chant for gun reform on the floor of the House chamber.
• Nashville's council is responsible for appointing an interim representative to fill the vacancy for the District 52 House seat until a special election is held.
• Justin Pearson, D-Memphis, was also expelled for his role in the protest. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, who stood alongside Jones and Pearson, escaped expulsion by one vote.

Nashville Rep. Justin Jones reclaimed his seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives Monday with the backing of Nashville's Council, which voted to reappoint him four days after he was expelled for leading chants for gun reform with a bullhorn on the chamber floor.

In one of its first legislative actions following a shooting at a Nashville elementary school that killed six people, the House Republican supermajority ejected Jones with a 72-25 vote for defying House decorum — making him the first House member to be removed from elected office for a decorum violation.

"You tried to bury us, but we are seeds," Jones said in a speech to hundreds of supporters gathered in Nashville's public square beforwee the vote Monday afternoon.

We'll see if the little lawn jockey can behave like an adult.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Really? They're voiceless and didn't get a promotion that I can see. As you pointed out they won't ever have influence.

Voiceless politicians don't get invited to the White House. Nor do they get their names on the lead of every news show in America.

 

[Flopper]

That was a bad move on their part. Oh, they'll be able to vote, but no committee assignments means no real influence. Might as well have picked a dead guy.

If your Black are you allowed to serve on a committee in Tennessee.

 

[BS Filter]

If your Black are you allowed to serve on a committee in Tennessee.

Of course, as long as you can behave like an adult and follow the rules like everyone else.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Oh what a great day for America, the Republic is saved!!! Another manufactured crisis by Democrats. SSDD

I’m fairly certain it was manufactured by the Republicans. They are the ones who chose to make these two guys martyrs for their cause.

 

[MarathonMike]

Seems it was the Repubs that did the manufacturing. Now the state has to have a special election and waste millions of dollars so the people can vote the same two guys back into office.

If the two Democrat gentlemen had been doing their job and conducting themselves like state representatives, then they wouldn't have been removed. You see how that works?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

If the two Democrat gentlemen had been doing their job and conducting themselves like state representatives, then they wouldn't have been removed. You see how that works?

Weird how the white person doing the same thing was not removed....well not really.

In the end, the two will be back in the same seats they were kicked out of and the state of Tenn will be out a few million dollars.

All so your beloved party could show their voters how racist they are.

 

[beagle9]

Voiceless politicians don't get invited to the White House. Nor do they get their names on the lead of every news show in America.

Well with a rogue Whitehouse like we have today, then of course radicals are invited to the new house of malcontent.

 

[bodecea]

We'll see if the little lawn jockey can behave like an adult.

MAGAt racism.

 

[beagle9]

Weird how the white person doing the same thing was not removed....well not really.

In the end, the two will be back in the same seats they were kicked out of and the state of Tenn will be out a few million dollars.

All so your beloved party could show their voters how racist they are.

So right on time you go full blown race card eh ? ROTFLMBO Well of course you did you leftist want-a-be...

 

[bodecea]

If the two Democrat gentlemen had been doing their job and conducting themselves like state representatives, then they wouldn't have been removed. You see how that works?

You mean peeing on seats like republicans do