Put This in Your Jack Daniel’s

The Volunteer State legislature is trying to outlaw from running for Congress a candidate who has been endorsed by President Trump.

Mandel Ngan/pool photo via AP, file
State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus in 2020. Mandel Ngan/pool photo via AP, file

It looks like a remarkable situation is brewing in respect of Tennessee. The legislature there is trying to outlaw from running for Congress a candidate who has been endorsed by President Trump. It looks like some of the measure’s backers might be Democrats scared of the former president. The measure, though, was launched by Republicans, some of whom apparently favor another pro-Trump candidate.

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