We knew back in the cooler times of early 2022 that the state legislature’s crusade to kill Davidson County’s blue congressional district by splitting it into three red districts would torpedo meaningful representation in Washington for much of Nashville. Two of the seats that have now gobbled up big chunks of Davidson—the 6th and 7th districts—are held by GOP hardliners whose incumbencies are safe from threats posed by newly infused Nashville constituents. The third seat—the mighty 5th—is open, unleashing a dustup of a GOP congressional primary race that in its final weeks has stumbled into a carnival of accusations and negative ads.
Into this maelstrom last February strode the sentient mass of spineless opportunism that metabolizes under the name of Beth Harwell. When last we tuned in she was swimming in humiliation in the 2018 Tennessee Republican primary for governor, coming in a distant fourth place. Not only did she lose badly to now Gov. Bill Lee, one of the dullest knives in this or any gubernatorial drawer, but Harwell’s paltry 15% of the vote even put her several points behind the certified whackadoodle and former U.S. Rep. Diane Black, who regarded grocery store pornography as a root cause of school shootings.
Republicans not only divided the 5th Congressional District into three parts, they disqualified two GOP candidates — including Trump-endorsed Morgan Ortagus. The redistricting bill that created the new 5th might as well have been called the “Beth Harwell...
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