Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) looks at Justin J. Pearson as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Supporters of Justin Pearson march from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson reacts next to Oceana Gillian after a vote for his reinstatement by the Shelby County Commission, days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson looks from inside a car after a vote for his reinstatement by the Shelby County Commission, days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson speaks next to Oceana Gillian as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he is reappointed by the Shelby County Commission, after the Republican majority at the Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson marches alongside Rep. Gloria Johnson with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin J. Pearson speaks next to Oceana Gillian and Representative Justin Jones during a rally as he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson holds hands with Oceana Gillian as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson holds hands with Oceana Gillian as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson holds hands with Oceana Gillian as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Maxine Thomas Marsh and Rep Gloria Johnson take part in a rally at the National Civil Rights Museum, as Justin J. Pearson is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT 

Justin J. Pearson gestures as he marches with supporters from the National Civil Rights Museum to the Shelby County Commission, where he is expected to be reinstated days after the Republican majority Tennessee House of Representatives voted to expel him and Rep. Justin Jones for their roles in a gun control demonstration on the statehouse floor, in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin Pearson, who was expelled along with Justin Jones by the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives over their rule-breaking protest on the House floor on March 30, poses in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin Pearson, who was expelled along with Justin Jones by the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives over their rule-breaking protest on the House floor on March 30, poses in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin Pearson, who was expelled along with Justin Jones by the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives over their rule-breaking protest on the House floor on March 30, poses in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Justin Pearson, who was expelled along with Justin Jones by the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives over their rule-breaking protest on the House floor on March 30, poses in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. March 3, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

A woman reacts as she listens to former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, speak at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Pastor Jason Pearson and Kimberly Pearson, the parents of former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attend an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. He is with his fiancé Oceana Gillian. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, prays before speaking at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Yolanda Sutton reacts as former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, speaks at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attends an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, speaks at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, speaks at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, attends an Easter Sunday service with his fiancee Oceana Gillian at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, hugs his parents at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River where he spoke in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. His parents are Pastor Jason and Kimberly Pearson. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, hugs his mother, Kimberly Pearson, at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River where he spoke in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Former lawmaker Justin Pearson, who had been expelled along with Justin Jones from the Republican-controlled Tennessee House of Representatives for staging a rule-breaking demonstration for gun control on the statehouse floor after a recent school shooting, speaks at an Easter Sunday service at the Church on the River in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. April 9, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Memphis Representative Justin Pearson greets the crowd in the rotunda in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm 

Memphis Representative Justin Pearson greets the crowd in the rotunda in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm 

Memphis Representative Justin Pearson greets the crowd in the rotunda in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Wurm 

People gather for a drag performance, as a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors is due to come into force on April 1, at Dru's Bar in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

People gather for a drag performance, as a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors is due to come into force on April 1, at Dru's Bar in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

People gather for a drag performance, as a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors is due to come into force on April 1, at Dru's Bar in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

People gather for a drag performance, as a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors is due to come into force on April 1, at Dru's Bar in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

People gather for a drag performance, as a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors is due to come into force on April 1, at Dru's Bar in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Spectators watch a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

The outside of Atomic Rose where spectators watch a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Ava Nemeth and her mother Jake Taylor watch a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Bella DuBalle entertains spectators watching a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Ava Nemeth and her mother Jake Taylor (left) watch a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

The outside of Atomic Rose where spectators watch a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Bella DuBalle entertains spectators watching a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Sairen Strange gets dressed backstage for a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Sairen Strange gets dressed backstage for a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht 

Tiffany Minxx prepares for a drag performance ahead of the implementation of a Tennessee law restricting drag in front of minors that is due to come into force on April 1 at Atomic Rose in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S., March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Karen Pulfer Focht