Shelby County Commissioner Amber Mills told a local outlet that reinstating former state Rep. Justin Pearson could hurt the county's funding.
in his county fear that sending him back into the chamber will lead GOP legislators to cut funding to Shelby County.
Last week, state Republicans filed a resolution to expel three Democrats from Tennessee's House of Representatives after Pearson, and his colleagues Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson joined protesters advocating for stricter gun control in disrupting legislative procedures just days after a school shooting in Nashville.
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