{"id":1978646,"date":"2023-07-20T15:32:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reinstated-tennessee-lawmaker-justin-jones-raises-almost-1-1-million\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T15:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T19:33:00","slug":"reinstated-tennessee-lawmaker-justin-jones-raises-almost-1-1-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reinstated-tennessee-lawmaker-justin-jones-raises-almost-1-1-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones raises $1.1 million after reinstatement."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freinstated-tennessee-lawmaker-justin-jones-raises-almost-1-1-million%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978646&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tennessee Democratic State Rep. Justin Jones Raises $1.1 Million Following Public Expulsion<\/h2>\n<p>Tennessee Democratic state Rep. Justin Jones has made waves this year, both in the state House and in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-fires-back-at-trump-says-it-has-every-right-to-use-his-name\/\" title=\"RNC Fires Back at Trump, Says It Has \u2018Every Right\u2019 to Use His Name\">fundraising efforts<\/a>. After being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reinstated-tennessee-lawmaker-justin-jones-raises-almost-1-1-million\/\" title=\"Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones raises .1 million after reinstatement.\">publicly expelled earlier<\/a> in\u2062 the year, Jones has managed to raise an impressive $1.1 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Jones was \u2063booted from the state House along with Democratic state Rep. Justin Pearson in \u200bApril for their use of a bullhorn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brutal-watch-gov-desantis-treat-a-cnn-reporter-exactly-the-way-she-deserved-to-be-treated\/\" title=\"BRUTAL: Watch Gov. DeSantis Treat a CNN \u2018Reporter\u2019 Exactly the Way She Deserved to Be Treated\">call attention<\/a> to stricter restrictions on firearms in a breach of decorum. A unanimous vote the next\u2064 week reinstated them, but it was also in the interim \u2064that Jones raised the majority of the money \u200dper a report. When combined with\u200b Pearson, the pair \u2063have\u200b raised over $2 million.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What&#8217;s even more remarkable is that the majority of Jones&#8217;s funds came from outside of Tennessee. It seems that his expulsion, \u2064despite its negative consequences, turned\u200b out \u2062to be a financial boon for him.<\/p>\n<h3>Jones&#8217;s Social Media Influence<\/h3>\n<p>On Twitter, Jones boasts an impressive following of over 307,000 followers. In contrast, Republican \u2063Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton, who has \u2064held \u2062the position since 2019, has a mere 11,000 followers.<\/p>\n<h3>Commitment to \u200bGun Law Reform<\/h3>\n<p>Tennessee has\u2064 a\u2063 cap on the number of bills members can file, and this cap was renewed for Jones upon his reinstatement. However, he\u200d has \u2062made a commitment to make the most of it by filing all 15 of his maximum bills toward &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-use-colorado-mass-shooting-to-spark-renewed-calls-for-gun-control\/\" title=\"Democrats Use Colorado Mass Shooting To Spark Renewed Calls For Gun Control\">commonsense gun laws<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Concerning Statistics<\/h3>\n<p>Last year, Tennessee experienced a staggering 17 mass shootings, resulting\u2064 in 14 reported deaths. These alarming statistics highlight the \u200burgent need for action.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, a first-term representative, took over the seat of\u200d Democratic state Rep. Mike Stewart, who served only one term. With no other Democratic candidates emerging during the primary election on June 15, Jones is set to face off against Republican opponent Laura Nelson on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The\u2064 Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennessee Dem Rep. Justin Jones has raised nearly $1.1 million this year, possibly due to his public expulsion. In April, Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson were ousted from the state House for using a bullhorn to protest stricter gun regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1978646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1978646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1978646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1978646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1978646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1978646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}