Video resurfaced online of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-gop-expels-democrat-following-state-capitol-storming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expelled Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson</a> back in his college days, pitching a moderate brand of politics absent the fiery rhetoric and dramatic, preacher-like delivery the Memphis lawmaker has employed since his ouster from the statehouse. 
Pearson ran for student body president of Bowdoin College, in Maine, back in 2016 on a platform of bringing the “radical middle” together, a far cry from his recent approach of bringing a “subversive” agenda to the Tennessee General Assembly and leading chants with a bullhorn from the state House floor. 
“How can we represent all voices in a conversation? I want to do this by partnering with organizations from the Bowdoin Democrats to the Bowdoin Republicans. I want to bring together different voices, dissenting voices, voices that may be more liberal or more conservative in order that we can reach a point of sort of the radical middle where conversation and dialogue happens and growth happens,” Pearson <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v&amp;v=2019392211619296" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a campaign video. 
He added that tensions could only be addressed by people “understanding” each other. 
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Tennessee Representative Justin J. Pearson is a total fraud
Pearson in 2016 vs 2023: <a href="https://t.co/iPLXFFJ6r2">pic.twitter.com/iPLXFFJ6r2</a>
&mdash; End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href="https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1645813689717596160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
Pearson was expelled last week after disrupting a session of the Tennessee House earlier this month by leading gun control protesters in chants from the House floor with a bullhorn. He was expelled by a vote of 69-26 while fellow Democrat Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) was ousted by a vote of 72-25. 
The former lawmaker likened his expulsion to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, suggesting that he would rise again in a speech leading up to the expulsion vote. On Easter, he preached a sermon at the First Unitarian Church of Memphis.
“We spoke out against the empire of the NRA and the gun lobbyists because we demanded an end to gun violence,” Pearson <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChurchOfTheRiver/posts/pfbid02ygTs2kzCYJefagzyBg5S7FVwteTS16zd5XAtXzmcEjBSpJpf6dkKpYdbmBDr3ZQbl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the unitarian universalist congregation. “This has been a Holy Week. This has been a sacred week. The lesson from it is that resurrection is a promised prophecy to a persecuted people.”
Pearson and Jones have both seized the media attention and portrayed themselves as modern-day civil rights activists. During his initial swearing-in, Pearson <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/dfis32235dwy90k/Swearing-%20In%20of%20Representative%20Justin%20Pearson.mp4?dl=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said that</a> he hoped to pursue an agenda that was “subversive to the status quo,” adding that “white supremacy,” “homophobia,” “misogyny,&#8221; and &#8220;racism&#8221; all needed to be torn down. 
Critics online noticed the stark difference in tone from Pearson, who has pushed for increased gun control in the wake of a shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. 
“Amazing how Justin Pearson learned that crazy fake southern preacher accent just a few years after his Brooks Brothers prep school days at Bowdoin: he&#8217;s like the Hilaria Baldwin of Al Sharpton clones,” one Twitter user said. 
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Amazing how Justin Pearson learned that crazy fake southern preacher accent just a few years after his Brooks Brothers prep school days at Bowdoin: he&#39;s like the Hilaria Baldwin of Al Sharpton clones:<a href="https://t.co/1Gy4EFDQNs">https://t.co/1Gy4EFDQNs</a> <a href="https://t.co/v3lsuiBgTP">https://t.co/v3lsuiBgTP</a>
&mdash; Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeenanPeachy/status/1645652752889151493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
Pearson could be reappointed to the seat as soon as Wednesday night after a vote from the Shelby County Commissioners.

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