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Brian Niemietz

Black lawmaker Justin Jones reinstated to Tennessee House after GOP expulsion

Nashville’s metro council voted Monday to reinstate Tennessee state lawmaker Justin Jones, who was expelled from his elected position last week by a Republican supermajority.

He received all 36 council votes cast Monday afternoon, with three absences before being sworn back into office at 5:15 p.m.

Prominent figures including Vice President Kamala Harris had rallied Jones and two colleagues who have come to be known as “The Tennessee Three.”

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