While Democrat activists occupied the Tennessee state Capitol yesterday after a vote to redraw the congressional maps following the historic Supreme Court decision inLouisanna v. Callais,a key point of irony stands out.
Yesterday, The Gateway Punditreportedon the vote that sparked pandemonium on the floor of the capitol building yesterday, as a radicalized state representative belittled State Troopers maintaining order, calling him “BOY!” and “mother f*****”, while others burned Confederate flags in the halls of the building. But one likely outcome of the redrawn map cannot be ignored:
The 9th District will now potentially see Rep. Steve Cohen,a white Democrat, likely replaced by Charlotte Bergmann,a black female Republican.
Bergmann has previously run against Cohen in several elections dating back to 2014; however, with the new map being implemented, she has a much higher likelihood of winning the district that had previously been drawn to comply with a now-unconstitutional Voting Rights Act provision.
Bergmann is facing two GOP opponents in the primary election on August 6.
The NAACP has alreadyfiled an emergency petitionto attempt to block the redistricting in hopes of keeping the white man in his seat over a black woman. What a script!
Lydia Moynihan: It’s a little ironic that the woman now who is likely going to win the 9th Congressional District in Tennessee is a black Republican instead of a white Democrat male. But that’s racist?
It’s now RACIST to elect a black Republicanpic.twitter.com/2gEVkz870K
— Brianna Lyman (@briannalyman2)May 8, 2026
As Democrats whine about the loss of a so-called “black congressional district” we should remind everyone that Steve Cohen (D-TN), who represents District 9, is white, and that Democrats have spent millions to prevent Charlotte Bergmann, a black Republican, from winning the seat.pic.twitter.com/hG4c7Lygmr
Source: The Gateway Pundit
