TN Residency Bill Would Block Trump’s US House Pick

The Tennessean reports:

A bill to place residency requirements on Tennessee congressional candidates cleared its final hurdle in the General Assembly on Monday as both chambers agreed to allow the requirements to take effect immediately upon signing.

The House and Senate had previously passed competing versions of the bill, which implicitly targeted the candidacy of Morgan Ortagus, a former State Department staffer under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, whose bid for the 5th Congressional District in the Republican primary could be deemed ineligible if the bill is signed into law.

The bill requires eligible candidates to live in the state and district they seek to represent for at least three years prior to the election,

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Ortagus recently appeared on JMG when she was unable to name any landmarks in her would-be district, including its major highways.

Cultists wanted Trump to endorse far-right “filmmaker” Robby Starbuck, who has been endorsed by Marjorie Taylor Greene and Madison Cawthorn.

Ortagus first appeared on JMG in July 2021 when she claimed during a Fox News appearance that the Japanese are “committing genocide against the Uyghurs.”

In fact, the Uyghurs are a Muslim minority that lives in China. Many wondered online why a former State Department official would not know this geographic fact.

A residency bill that could disqualify a Trump-backed candidate from a congressional primary has now passed the full Tennessee legislature.

“President Trump certainly didn’t question my residency when he endorsed me for this seat,” Morgan Ortagus says. https://t.co/JAL0v8HqOQ

— Melissa Brown (@itsmelissabrown) March 29, 2022