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GOP faces backlash for ousting Black lawmakers accused of gun protests, as local authorities weigh restoring their seats

  • Democrats rally around race and free speech concerns after expulsion of Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson from Tennessee legislature
  • Nashville has already voted to reinstate Jones and Memphis officials plan Wednesday vote on Pearson's status
  • President Biden, Vice President Harris have met expellees; NAACP condemns House action while Tennessee Republicans maintain decorum concerns
  • Special elections ahead but ousted lawmakers plan campaigns to retake their seats; future of General Assembly protests unclear amid uncertainty surrounding return of the 2 lawmakers
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