One of the two Black Democrats who were thrown out of the Tennessee House last week appeared likely to get his seat back soon. The move would come just days after the GOP exacted retribution against the lawmakers who protested for more gun control. Nashville’s Metro Council could return Justin Jones to the Legislature immediately when it votes Monday to fill the vacant position on an interim basis. Jones and another Black lawmaker were expelled by the Republican supermajority for their role in a gun-control protest on the House floor in the aftermath of a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
