Nashville’s Metro Council voted unanimously to reinstate Democrat Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones to the House seat he was expelled from last week on Monday night, April 10.
The short meeting yielded no other nominations from the council to fill the seat aside from Jones. A roar from those in attendance could be heard celebrating the vote after Jones was reinstated.
The nomination came from Councilmember Delishia Porterfield, who said she resided in Jones’s state House district. She gave a short speech before the council voted on whether to reinstate Jones.
“On Aug. 4 [2022], Rep. Justin Jones earned the most votes in our Democratic primary, allowing him to advance and win the general election on Nov. 8,” she said. “The people made a choice, and it was the right choice. On Thursday April 6, we witnessed a miscarriage of justice and an egregious assault on our democracy which resulted in over 70,000 Davidson County voters–our voters–being silenced when our representative was expelled.”…