The liberals of ABC’s Good Morning America and CBS Mornings didn’t hide their enthusiasm on Thursday as they celebrated the reinstatement of Tennessee Democratic State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after their district leaders voted to send them back until a special election is held. Each network also pushed accusations of racism against Tennessee Republicans; ABC hyped calls for a DOJ civil rights investigation and CBS teed up Jones to play the race card.
“Now to the battle for Tennessee lawmakers who were ousted by state Republicans. Both lawmakers have finally been reinstated,” ABC co-anchor Robin Roberts boasted before handing it off to correspondent Alex Perez.
Perez touted that “Justin Pearson will be re-sworn in and once again, officially have his seat back. Now, Pearson was reinstated by unanimous vote Wednesday afternoon. Shelby County officials in Memphis using their power to return Pearson to his position.”
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