Second Expelled Rep Is Headed Straight Back to the Tennessee House

Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson will return to his seat in the state’s House of Representatives after a majority of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted to reappoint him Wednesday. The final vote was a unanimous 7-0.

He was joined by a crowd of over 500 supporters, who marched from the Memphis Civil Rights Museum alongside Pearson en route to the Shelby County meeting.

The 29-year-old gave an impassioned speech following the vote, celebrating his reappointment in front of droves of supporters.

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