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On the recordDecember 8, 2021
If the people from Nashville could go to Memphis, they could then go to New Orleans. Everybody wants to go to New Orleans. And next, everybody wants to go to Memphis. Atlanta, nah.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen emphasizes the importance of the Memphis route over Atlanta.

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