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Steve Cohen: If the people from Nashville could go to Memphis, they could then go to New Orleans. Everybody wants to go to New…

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

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Cohen emphasizes the importance of the Memphis route over Atlanta.

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