“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
“It is imperative that FEMA helps communities quickly respond to wildfires and increase their resilience to future wildfire disasters”
“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
“Protecting and defending innocent life is and remains important to our Legislature, governor, attorney general and citizens.”

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On the recordSeptember 26, 2018
I have never said anything that is hate speech or anything close to it. So there is no justification whatsoever for social media networks to be silencing a mainstream conservative like myself.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee
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Cohen defends her speech against accusations of hate speech and criticizes social media censorship.

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