The only way to know that is to ask them. I know nothing about their mindset but it is not inconceivable they consider Jones one of their chief advocates and friends. On the other hand, they may consider the casket gesture highly offensive or heartbreaking. Unless they tell us, we won't know what they think and feel about Jones and his use of that prop.
And they issued a statement welcoming him back. Was that in the rules too?
Had the super-majority and/or the speaker stripped him of his committee assignments and/or censured him and left it at that, the name Justin Jones would be as obscure today in the country as it was before. His district voters did not expel him, the Republican super-majority did; and that's what elevated his platform and national name recognition. His national ascendancy did not begin when he was reinstated by the voters. It began when he was expelled by the Republicans.
Considering past history, it's highly doubtful the media will address the dark side or the flaws of any other black, Democrat lawmaker so long as they stick to the proper narrative and toe the party line. In Jones case, he's carrying water for gun control - one of their favorite liberal causes. It also helps when the handlers in the White House invite the three TN protesters to DC for a Biden photo op, thus keeping them in the news and promoting the Democrat Party's national campaign for gun control.
Trump should visit the shooting victims families.....he needs to be polar to Biden like he did with east Palestine, ohio
And he should do it Monday - the same day Biden will be on TV with the three stooges.
It’s all about political posturing. If they invite the Covenant School victims families, they’ll have to mention( and garner media attention)the perpetrator of the shooting , who happened to be a manifesto writing, mentally-ill trans person who targeted christians. They don’t want to talk about that. Instead they’ll invite the teen from KC who showed up at the wrong house and unfortunately was wounded by a homeowner with a pistol, protecting himself and mistakenly perceiving a home invader.
The guy who shot the kid in KC is in BIG trouble. He might have had a case for self defense if the kid had attempted to force his way into the house, but instead he tried to back away and never entered the home. In this case the shooter had no basis for using deadly force, and the castle doctrine or stand-your-ground laws don't apply. Let me say at this point that this is my somewhat educated opinion as a firearms instructor, and these laws vary according to state statutes. However, one thing that's always a legal issue in the use of deadly force for self protection is being able to prove that you had a convincing reason to believe that you were in fear for your life or serious bodily harm. The fact that the homeowner was 84 years old might be a factor if he was senile and had no business possessing a gun, but that gets into an entirely different topic to be discussed in another thread.
He claimed the teen was “pulling on the storm door”.
It could be that the old guy had been having some bad experiences with teens in the recent past, but we don't know - the reports don't say. But at his age he probably won't do any prison time. The big problem for him will be dealing with the stress of the ordeal. One last thought: senior citizens in general are afraid for their personal safety because they're soft targets for criminals. They make up a significant percentage of first time gun buyers.
He said he was lying down resting, which seems plausible because it was almost 10pm and he’s 84 years old.
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Proves stupid will reelect stupid.....case in point Chicago.The Voters Have Spoken; Two Expelled Tennessee Legislators Reelected
These were landslide election victories. Pearson won with 93.4% of the vote. Jones won with 80.3%.
Both expelled members of ‘Tennessee Three’ win back their state House seats
Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones have reclaimed their legislative seats after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor.
For those who are familiar with these two districts, this should come as no surprise. Just to add icing on the cake, Gloria Johnson has announced she's going to run for the Senate in '24, challenging Marsha Blackburn. Good luck with that.
93 percent of the vote for Pearson. That’s the same percentage that voted for Biden in DC. The same kind of constituents that will be jurors in the potential Trump trial.
