Commercial Appeal urges voters to send Tate packing
“Why does a man who represents Parkway Village, Hickory Hill and tiny parts of Germantown and Collierville feel compelled to attend conferences in Alaska and Rhode Island?” the editorial asks. “Why does a man who represents a primarily African-American, Democratic district go to so many meetings of the American Legislative Exchange Conference, which promotes a conservative Republican agenda?
“Why does a Memphis state senator spend so much of his time and our money on the road? Tate clearly enjoys travel. District 33 voters should send him packing.”
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The Commercial Appeal in an unusually scathing editorial urges Democratic primary voters to cast state Sen. Reginald Tate (D-Memphis) out of office. The editorial focuses on Tate’s more than 70 out-of-state trips, his caustic remarks about fellow Democrats, and his propensity to side with Republicans in the name of pragmatism.
The editorial notes that Tate took a five-day tour of Europe, “five-day tour of Europe he took in 2011, all expenses paid by Andy Miller, Nashville millionaire, and leader of the right-wing, anti-Muslim Tennessee Freedom Coalition.”
Tate faces Katrina Robinson in Thursday’s Democratic primary. She has been endorsed by incumbent Memphis Sens. Sara Kyle and Lee Harris.