Cohen calls Barr ‘chicken’ as Republicans back attorney general
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, provided symbolic props as the panel waits for Attorney General William Barr who refused to testify at the hearing on the Mueller report, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Memphis reacted to Attorney General William Barr's no-show before the House Judiciary Committee Thursday by bringing a ceramic chicken and a bucket of KFC. The reaction of the city's Republican representatives in Washington has been decidedly different.
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Bill Dries
Bill Dries covers city government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.