Sanford: Blackburn proves she can be queen of mean
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn talks during a meeting with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in Memphis June 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is professor emeritus of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and political commentator for WATN-TV ABC24 News. Contact him at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn employed an unmistakably racist dog whistle in casting Andre Mathis as a criminal who cannot be trusted to sit as an appellate court judge.
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