Newly-reinstated Tennessee St. Rep. Justin Pearson on his plans moving forward
The ReidOut with Joy Reid
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🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight on The Readout. |
| 0:04.7 | Now that the show made county commission didn't done their job. |
| 0:10.0 | Yeah! |
| 0:11.0 | I'm so glad we get to get back to doing our job. |
| 0:14.4 | Now, who is our job? |
| 0:18.0 | It's to elevate the voices of the six kids, the six people in Nashville. |
| 0:22.4 | The three children who were just not in New Zealand. |
| 0:26.6 | Now both lawmakers expelled by Republicans in the Tennessee legislature have been reinstated. |
| 0:32.4 | Proving just how pointless that exercise was. |
| 0:36.2 | State Representative Justin J. Pearson joins me in just a moment. |
| 0:40.4 | And the two pillars of the Republican Party, Trump and Fox, are all friendly again. |
| 0:45.9 | And there are big new developments in both of their perilous legal situations. |
| 0:50.5 | In late today, a new threatening letter is received by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg's office. |
| 0:56.4 | Containing a suspicious white powder. |
| 1:02.7 | But we begin tonight with the triumphant return of the Tennessee three. |
| 1:06.4 | Earlier today, the Shelby County Commission voted to reappoint Justin J. Pearson to his |
| 1:11.4 | duly elected position to represent the good citizens of District 86. |
| 1:16.8 | Not a single Republican showed up for the vote. |
| 1:20.9 | Representative? |
| 1:22.2 | Yes. |
| 1:23.2 | From behalf of this body, we have some commissioners in the queue. |
| 1:25.6 | I'll say congratulations again. |
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