One of the previously expelled Tennessee lawmakers announced Thursday that he has been stripped of his commissionership.
Rep. Justin Jones (D) told Posted. He plans to “educate for profit” and stifle dissent. ”
Jones made another post earlier Thursday saying his Republican colleagues had voted to give Speaker Cameron Sexton more discretion in a new rules package and to silence him during debates. said.
“This Speaker has repeatedly abused his position to silence dissenting voices and continues to erode Tennessee's democracy,” Jones wrote.
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Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) speaks on the House floor Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Jones, a member of the so-called “Tennessee Three,” joined protests at the state Capitol last April calling for gun control in the wake of the Covenant School shooting in Nashville that left six people dead, including three children. He was expelled from parliament for doing so.
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Tennessee Democratic Rep. Justin Jones participated in a Black Lives Matter protest in Nashville in May 2020, where he walked over a police car and was killed before being released. He has reportedly been charged with a crime. (Seth Herald/Getty Images, Nashville Metropolitan Police Department)
House Republicans voted to expel Jones and Democratic Rep. Justin Pearson, saying their actions violated House rules.
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Jones and Pearson, both Democrats, regained their seats in August.
