Aaron Blake, The Hill
- Democratic Reps. Steve Cohen (Tenn.) and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Ohio) are in an escalating war of words over Tubbs Jones’s support for Cohen’s primary challenger.
Cohen suggested to The Hill that Tubbs Jones was supporting his challenger, an African-American woman, because they are both black and he is white. Tubbs Jones then accused Cohen of sitting outside the fundraiser and intimidating people as they were walking in.
Tubbs Jones held a Washington fundraiser for challenger Nikki Tinker on June 24, and she spent much of this weekend campaigning for Tinker in Memphis. Tubbs Jones and Tinker are both members of Delta Sigma Theta, a prominent black sorority.
