The Metro Nashville Council on Monday voted unanimously to reappoint Democrat state Representative Justin Jones to his seat in the state House, just four days after state Republicans expelled him for leading an anti-gun protest at the state Capitol following the massacre at the Covenant Presbyterian School two weeks ago, the Tennessee Holler reports.
Jones cannot be re-expelled for the fake offense as the Tennessee state Constitution explicitly states that a member cannot be punished twice for the same infraction. Jones’s colleague Justin Pearson is expected to be reappointed by the Memphis city council later this week.