of reflection here in tennessee that what they did they thought would happen without any resistance. but it has the world watching what s happening here. the speaker of the house is trying to backtrack now like i did, i said today, you know, we are calling for his resignation. he is an enemy of democracy, and he doesn t deserve to be in that office of speaker of the house any longer of reflection going on all over the country, but especially there in tennessee democratic representative justin jones. speaking last night entering the tennessee house that you re looking at now, the chamber after the nashville metro council voted unanimously to reinstate him on monday, jones and his democratic colleague, justin pearson, were expelled last week for violating decorum during a gun reform protests in the chamber. gloria johnson narrowly survived to removal vote and walked in the chamber by jones side. all the people back the people s house. mm. proceed back to the people s house, so called ten
could be reunited tomorrow when shelby county commissioners will vote on whether to reinstate justin pearson. so joining us now tennessee state representative gloria johnson. thank you, representative. i appreciate you joining us this morning as i said to you in the break because of what happened in tennessee, but also because of what happened in kentucky. as well. it is all connected. we appreciate you joining us. so you walk back into the chamber arm in arm with your colleague justin jones. what was that moment like for you? it was. it was just it just felt right. it was so good to have him back in the body, um, overwhelmingly supported by not only his district, but every district in davidson county. and um, i just i was i didn t know if that would happen that he would be back or that there would be any challenge to it. and it was so nice because because both rep. pearson and rhett jones voices are so important in our body and we just need those young,