Cohen discusses meeting Hagerty, and more
Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (in file photo), of Memphis, usually does not see eye-to-eye with Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, but the two got together this past week to talk for the first time. (Susan Walsh/AP file)
He also blasted the disqualification of U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson from the Olympics after she smoked marijuana. “It’s only performance-enhancing if you are in the Coney Island hot dog-eating contest.”
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Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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