Ford Jr. offers nuanced view of partisan politics and Trump
Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. jokes with B. Lee Mallory (left) before addressing the Memphis Rotary Club in Memphis on Tuesday, Oct. 22. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
Former Congressman Harold Ford Jr. returned to his hometown and the city he represented for a decade in Washington to talk about national politics, President Trump and the city’s edge.
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