seat us? because we've heard from the other side that they may not seat us, even if we win a special election, that they won't even allow us to be seated, so then we'll see another affront to democracy i don't know what to expect from this body, but i hope that the nation sees and the alarm is blaring loud if it can happen in tennessee, it can happen anywhere >> reporter: certainly still some uncertainty about what happens next and what you heard representative jones talking about there at the end is precedent, and i asked him about that, and he said he feels like this sets an incredibly ca dangerous precedent, and it could be something we begin to sea in state houses around the country as tennessee is being used as an example of what is possible to other gop-controlled legislatures so much up in the air here for now there are more than 100,000 voters who remain -- voters and residents who remain without representation in these two districts of those expelled lawmakers.
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