Justin Parson, a democrat from Tennessee, who was supplanted from his chosen position by his colleagues -a Republican house for protest against violence with the use of weapons in the Capitol of the state, was restored in his place in the Tennessee house on Wednesday.
The Council of Commissars of the Okhlobi district unanimously voted to send Pirson back to the house in the decisive reproach of the unusual move of the Republican Party of Tennessee Expel himTogether with another democratic colleague, last week.
Parson made a powerful speech immediately after voting for recovery, uniting his supporters and sending a message to the legislators who voted for his expulsion.
“What we showed here is in the Shelby district, what we showed here, in Memphis, Tennessee, with my fiancé, my brothers, my family, my parents, my family here, is that we are not saying alone,” Pirson said. “We are talking together. We fight together.
“And therefore, a message for all people in Nashville who decided to expel us: you cannot expel hope. You cannot expel justice. You cannot exclude our voice. And of course, you cannot expel our struggle, ”he said welcome.
“We are looking forward to continuing to fight, continuing to protect until justice slides, like water and righteousness, like a constantly current stream,” continued Pierson. “Let's get back to work.”
The 28-year-old legislator was hindered on Thursday morning near the Capitol of the state.
Pieron, who represents the Memphis region, and another democrat, Justin Jones, representing Nashville, were Expelled from the house On Thursday, for protest against violence with the use of weapons after three 9-year-olds and three adults were killed in another Mass shooting In Tennessee. Member of the House of Gloria Johnson, a democrat, who also participated in protest, survived the exile in one voice. Parson and Jones are young black men serving their first term in the house; Johnson is a white woman in her fourth time.
The Republicans accused them of a serious violation of decency in the house, peacefully protesting the protest, and the speaker of the chamber Cameron Sexton went so far that he compared his actions with a cruel uprising on January 6, even if there was no violence, no damage to property and no arrests.
Jones was Restored In his place, the metropolitan council of Nashville and Davidson County on Monday. Surrounded by the Roy of the supporters, Jones then returned to Stithaus and was a jury to the post on the steps of the Capitol.
