Why the expelled Tennessee Democrats may soon have their House jobs back
They could be reinstated by local county commissions as soon as this week.
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They could be reinstated by local county commissions as soon as this week.
Even before they expelled two Black Democratic lawmakers, Republicans were using their supermajority to undermine democracy.
Three Democratic House members joined gun control supporters calling for stricter laws last week at Tennessee's state Capitol.
Thousands flocked to the Tennessee Capitol on Thursday to support the three Democratic lawmakers facing possible expulsion for their role in a gun control demonstration, cheering and chanting outside the House chamber so loud that it drowned out proceedings.
The banishment of Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson was a move the chamber has used only a handful times since the Civil War.