Rep. Cohen (D-TN) on ‘shameful’ Tennessee redistricting erasing his House district: ‘Next stop is the courts’

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MSN

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) vowed legal action Thursday after Tennessee passed a new House map that carves up his majority-Black congressional district in an effort to flip his seat red in November.

Cohen, the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member House delegation, called the new map “shameful” and criticized Republicans for heeding President Trump’s call to pursue mid-decade redistricting ahead of the midterm elections.

“And just like that, the TN GOP voted to enforce a racial gerrymander of Memphis and strip our city of effective representation for decades,” Cohen wrote in a post on the social platform X.

The new map splits Cohen’s Memphis-based 9th Congressional District — the state’s only majority-Black congressional district — into three districts and further divides Nashville into five.

The Tennessee House and Senate approved the new map earlier Thursday after first voting to repeal the state’s 56-year prohibition on mid-decade redistricting, a necessary step before lawmakers could move forward with the proposal.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed into law the new map and other related bills later Thursday.

Huh, I guess the whirlwind is being reaped.

My bet is Cohen did not have any problem with Spanberger's gerrymander of Virginia.

 

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MSN

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) vowed legal action Thursday after Tennessee passed a new House map that carves up his majority-Black congressional district in an effort to flip his seat red in November.

Cohen, the lone Democrat in Tennessee’s nine-member House delegation, called the new map “shameful” and criticized Republicans for heeding President Trump’s call to pursue mid-decade redistricting ahead of the midterm elections.

“And just like that, the TN GOP voted to enforce a racial gerrymander of Memphis and strip our city of effective representation for decades,” Cohen wrote in a post on the social platform X.

The new map splits Cohen’s Memphis-based 9th Congressional District — the state’s only majority-Black congressional district — into three districts and further divides Nashville into five.

The Tennessee House and Senate approved the new map earlier Thursday after first voting to repeal the state’s 56-year prohibition on mid-decade redistricting, a necessary step before lawmakers could move forward with the proposal.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed into law the new map and other related bills later Thursday.

Huh, I guess the whirlwind is being reaped.

My bet is Cohen did not have any problem with Spanberger's gerrymander of Virginia.

Cohen obviously did not read or understand the SCOTUS ruling because he is an illiterate Democrat.

 

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Cohen obviously did not read or understand the SCOTUS ruling because he is an illiterate Democrat.

He can become a night manager at KFC.