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Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson Reinstated After Expulsion (huffpost.com)
submitted by eugene 161 days ago

A bit late, but from the article:

A second Tennessee House Democrat has been reinstated after Republicans expelled him for protesting with gun control advocates.

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted 7-0 Wednesday to reinstate state Rep. Justin Pearson, who days before was expelled by the GOP supermajority for joining protesters ― many of them children ― who chanted in the House chamber in support of gun control following a school shooting that left three kids and three adults dead last month.

Following his reinstatement, a packed crowd inside the County Administration Building erupted in cheers and applause. In a speech following his reinstatement, Pearson said it was time to get back to work.

“You can’t expel our voice, and you sure can’t expel our fight,” he told the crowd.

“Let’s get back to work!” he shouted, to loud cheers.

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OP eugene 161 days ago

Ok so I just accessed my own link to see if it worked.

First - with an ad blocker the video won't load at all.

So, incognito it was.

Attempting to watch a 6:02 clip of one of the more important stories of the past weeks (or months) I got to see an ad for Bounce...

11 times.

Yeah, the same ad, 11 freaking times.

"Clothes too clingy? Let's fix that."

Huffpost is definitely not anywhere anyone should post for real news.

I apologize.