The theatrical nature of this business can't be overstated. The Republicans lucked out (by their lights). If a representative is expelled, his or her County Commission names an interim replacement. Democrats control the County Commissions that include the Black representatives' districts. Those guys will be reappointed.

Republicans control the commission in Knox County, which contains the White woman's district. Replacing her with a Republican was a bridge too far for the Republicans, because the whole point of the expulsions was to punish "uppity" Blacks, to remind the rednecks that they were still in charge. They had no intention of altering the make-up of the House or disenfranchising anyone. They just wanted to send a racist message to their racist constituents.

I say the Republicans lucked out because, if the representative from Knox county had been Black, they still would not have expelled her, because that might have affected who actually serves in the House, which they clearly did not want to see. If the woman from Knox County were Black, expelling the Black men but not the Black woman would have sent a garbled racist message, which would have made the whole exercise not worth the trouble.

One additional bit of proof that this was just theater was offered by a Republican who voted to expel only one of the two men. He did that, he says, because the representative asked him him to do so. This is one of those rare cases where everyone gets what they think they want. Both sides want evidence that White supremacy is still a thing. They just disagree on whether it's a feature or a bug.