Justin Pearson made history last week when he and fellow Democrat Justin Jones were expelled from their elected offices for leading a gun control demonstration on the Tennessee House floor.
On Wednesday afternoon, Pearson followed Jones into the history books once more when the Shelby County Commission voted to return him to the seat to which he was elected by constituents in January.
“I will continue to fight with and for our people, whether in or out of office,” Pearson wrote in a New York Times op-ed published Wednesday. “We and the young protesters are the future of a new Tennessee.”
