Justin Pearson, one of two Black Democratic state legislators whose expulsion earlier this month by Tennessee’s Republican-led House provoked national backlash, was reappointed Wednesday to his seat in the state’s House of Representatives. Commissioners of Shelby County voted 7-0 for Pearson, D-Memphis, to fill the interim seat in Tennessee's District 86. With the vote, Pearson will join Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, who returned to the House Monday backed by Nashville’s Metro Council. Both had been removed for leading gun-reform protests on the chamber floor following this month’s mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school. Visit the link in bio for more.