In one of its first legislative actions following a shooting at a Nashville elementary school that killed six people, the House Republican supermajority ejected Jones with a 72-25 vote for defying House decorum — making him the first House member to be removed from elected office for a decorum violation.
Nashville’s progressive-leaning council, responsible for filling the vacancy, unanimously voted Jones back into the District 52 House seat 36-0 Monday as an interim representative until a special election can be held to permanently fill the position. Jones is eligible to run for reelection.
I didn't realize it was a totally different group that put him back in. I guess insurrection is fine now.
I didn't realize it was a totally different group that put him back in. I guess insurrection is fine now.
Always was.