{"id":1991237,"date":"2023-08-04T17:09:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reinstated-tennessee-democrat-declares-victory-over-status-quo-of-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-04T17:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T21:09:50","slug":"watch-reinstated-tennessee-democrat-declares-victory-over-status-quo-of-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reinstated-tennessee-democrat-declares-victory-over-status-quo-of-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Reinstated Tennessee Democrat Claims Triumph Over &#8216;White Supremacy&#8217; and &#8216;Patriarchy&#8217;"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwatch-reinstated-tennessee-democrat-declares-victory-over-status-quo-of-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy%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=1991237&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--><div>\n<h2>Voters Reinstate Expelled Tennessee\u200d Democrat, \u200bDefying Status Quo<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It is \u200ba good testament to\u200b the power of \u2063democracy and what a community and what community against the status quo of\u2062 white supremacy, against the status quo of patriarchy, \u2064can\u200c do,&#8221; state\u2062 representative Justin Pearson, who\u200c represents \u200dparts of Memphis and won a special election \u200dthis week to serve the remainder \u200cof his term, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1687478040882798592?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> \u2062 Scripps News.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Voters on Thursday reinstated a Tennessee Democrat who was\u200b expelled earlier this year from the State Legislature, leading him to declare victory over \u2064the \u200c&#8221;status quo\u200c of white supremacy&#8221; and &#8220;status quo of patriarchy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Defying Extremist Republicans<\/h3>\n<p>Voters on Thursday also\u200d returned Pearson&#8217;s fellow Democratic representative Justin Jones \u200cto the Legislature, a move\u200d that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2023\/08\/03\/expelled-reappointed-tn-rep-justin-jones-re-elected-in-nashville\/70508514007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> sends &#8220;a message to \u200dextremist Republicans.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Tennessee House earlier this year expelled Pearson and Jones \u200dfor <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/tennessee-dems-face-expulsion-from-state-house-for-staging-insurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violating<\/a> the\u2062 chamber&#8217;s rules\u200b during a protest over gun violence. Pearson and Jones used a bullhorn to lead protesters who were swarming the chamber, drawing comparisons to\u200d the January \u20626,\u2063 2021, Capitol riot. Videos \u2062taken at the scene showed protesters &#8220;charging\u2064 at police officers, joining the \u200cthree \u200bDemocrats in screaming chants, and blocking a\u2063 doorway to \u200bprevent lawmakers from\u200b exiting,&#8221; the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/insurrection-tennessee-house-boots-out-democrats-who-participated-in-capitol-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans who expelled \u2064the two men\u200b said Pearson \u2064and Jones&#8217;s conduct disrupted\u2062 the \u200dwork \u200dof the\u2064 House and was a severe\u2064 breach\u2062 of decorum. A third Democrat, Gloria Johnson,\u2063 joined\u2062 the protest but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-expelled-from-tennessee-house-two-others-face-same-fate-as-debate-continues\/\" title=\"Democrat Expelled From Tennessee House, Two Others Face Same Fate as Debate Continues\">narrowly escaped expulsion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Return to Power<\/h3>\n<p>The event took place on March 30 \u2063following \u200ba\u200c Nashville school \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/police-identify-nashville-school-shooter-as-transgender-former-student\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shooting<\/a>,\u200b committed by a \u2064transgender person, that killed three children \u200band three\u2063 adults.<\/p>\n<p>Within a few\u200c days, local officials \u200bin Pearson&#8217;s district <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/justin-pearson-due-be-sworn-back-tennessee-statehouse-2023-04-13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted to \u2062return him<\/a> to \u200dhis seat under a\u2064 provision in\u2064 the state \u2063constitution that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-reinstated-tennessee-democrat-declares-victory-over-status-quo-of-white-supremacy-and-patriarchy\/\" title=\"VIDEO: Reinstated Tennessee Democrat Claims Triumph Over 'White Supremacy' and 'Patriarchy'\">lets district-level officials fill\u200d legislative vacancies<\/a> until they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/red-white-and-blueprint-new-docu-series-highlights-feud-between-small-businesses-and-big-government-in-california\/\" title=\"\u2018Red, White, And Blueprint\u2019: New Docu-Series Highlights Feud Between Small Businesses  And Big Government In California\">hold special elections<\/a>. Pearson \u200band Jones won their districts&#8217; special elections on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voters reinstated a Tennessee Democrat, expelled from the State Legislature, declaring victory against &#8220;white supremacy&#8221; and &#8220;patriarchy.&#8221; This outcome showcases democracy&#8217;s strength and community&#8217;s ability to challenge the status quo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1991238,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1991237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1991237","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1991237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1991237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1991237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1991237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1991237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}