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Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson was reinstated to the Tennessee House less than a week after he and fellow Black colleague Justin Jones were expelled over a gun violence protest.
Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson gets his seat back.
The decision to return Jones to his seat -- vacated days ago when the GOP-dominated House voted to expel the state representative after he and two other Democrats called for
Former Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin J. Pearson were expelled from the state's House by GOP lawmakers last week after protesting gun violence.
Pearson and Jones could both be back in the Tennessee state House less than a week after Republicans voted to expel the Democrats.