Congressman who introduced bill to send anti-Israel protesters to Gaza loses primary

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.), a two-term congressman known for controversial statements as one of the most conservative House members, lost his Republican primary election in Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District on Thursday in an upset victory for former state agricultural commissioner Charlie Hatcher.During his time in the House, Ogles introduced legislation that would require anti-Israel protesters who violate U.S. law to perform community service in Gaza, wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice calling for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to be denaturalized and deported and stated that “Muslims don’t belong in American society” and that “pluralism is a lie.”Ogles lost his primary after Tennessee carried out redistricting earlier this year with a map breaking up the district of Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), the lone Democrat in the Tennessee congressional delegation and one of a handful of Jewish House members from the South.Cohen announced in May that he…

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