Reappointed Justin Pearson Vows to Fight on Against Powers That Expelled Him in Tennessee

'The message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You can't expel hope. You can't expel justice. You can't expel our voice. And you sure can't expel our fight,' the representative declared. 'Let's get back to work.'

;&#x201cJust a colossal miscalculation from Tennessee Republicans. \n\nThe only thing they accomplished by expelling two members was 1) grow the members;&#x2019 warchests and audiences and 2) draw intense scrutiny on the @TNGOP;&#x2019s recent history of racism and corruption.;&#x201dWednesday's vote shows that "we do not speak alone, we speak together; we fight together," Pearson declared.

"And so the message for all the people in Nashville who decided to expel us: You can't expel hope. You can't expel justice. You can't expel our voice. And you sure can't expel our fight," he added. "We look forward to continuing to fight, continuing to advocate, until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like an everflowing stream. Let's get back to work.

;&#x201cOn the road back to Nashville from Memphis.\n\nThe people of District 52 and 86 have representation again, but make no mistake;&#x2014democracy is still in crisis in Tennessee.\n\nWelcome home, brother.

Ahead of the vote to send him back to Nashville, Pearson—joined by Johnson and Jones—addressed a crowd at the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, before marching to the Shelby County Commission meeting. ;&#x201cWe are marching to the Shelby County Comission with the people. People Power is greater than any power that attempts to suppress it!;&#x201d

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