(What a terrible shame.)
Posted on 05/18/2026 4:35:45 PM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON — Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen broke down in tears while reflecting on his decision to drop his reelection bid after redistricting all but ensured he had no path to victory.
Cohen (D-Tenn.), the sole Democrat in Tennessee’s congressional delegation, lamented the Republicans’ revamping of the Volunteer State’s 9th district, which is majority minority, and railed against redistricting as “bad for democracy.”
“I’m upset by this,” the now-outgoing Democrat bemoaned to NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo on Friday. “And I don’t get the criticism of stand and fight.”
“Why would you fight when they changed the district and there aren’t enough votes for you to win? That’s silly.”
Cohen, who has repped the Memphis-centered district since 2007, underscored that the mid-decade redistricting race that has gripped the country this year is “almost never done.”
He accused retiring Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) of caving to pressure from President Trump and Republicans in DC to squeeze out another House seat for them.
Lee had signed the new map into effect on May 7, which sliced up the 9th District into three new Republican-leaning districts.
While discussing the ordeal, Cohen began to well up, something he acknowledged to Cuomo.
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Does anybody have a Midol for Steve?
76 years old. Come on. Isn’t he about ready to spend more time with his family?
Awwwwww
Crybaby White Tarbaby .
Boo frickin’ hoo!
Oh, no, he’d have to run on his record now!
I feel sorry for Mr. Chicken.
With the votes of the dead and the illegals... What are the Democrats going to do?
😀😃😂🤣🤣
“Waahhh...I’m going to take my seat and go home. So there!! Wait! They took my seat! Now what?”
I heard he was going to drop out anyway due to age and the poor optics of being a old, white Jew running in a black district.
There’s no crying in Congress
He’s crying because the Gravy Train ended.
It was a tear coming of Dick's eye, and next to it was written "I cried myself to sleep last night."
I think it must have been alluding to the Eagles' loss to the Oakland Raiders, in Super Bowl XV.
There’s little more joyous than a Communist in tears.
Cryin’ Cohen…
What are you Steven, Chicken?
this guy has got to be a distant relative of Pigman Waxman, the guy from Kalifornia about 10 years ago...
The entitlement of these politicians is amazing.
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