Ousted Tennessee House Democrat Justin Jones speaks about 'unconstitutional' expulsion
"We broke House rules, but we were obedient to our oath," Justin Jones told ABC News. Former Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, the youngest of two Black lawmakers expelled from the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives, spoke out in a new interview with ABC News. Jones slammed Republicans for their partisan vote and described the unprecedented move as a "lynching of democracy." "I believe that this whole process has been unconstitutional ," Jones said, calling the GOP lawmakers out by name for what he believes was a racially motivated political attack. "There are crimes against democracy happening in Tennessee being led by House Speaker Cameron Sexton," Jones said. "They killed democracy in Tennessee…Their action was meant to intimidate. It was meant to humiliate, but what it did was put the state of Tennessee on trial for the world to see," he continued. Rep. Justin Pearson, Rep. Justin Jones, and Rep. Gloria Johnson le...