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Opinion: Blackburn sounds partisan in public, but bipartisan legislation suggests she’s trying to get things done in D.C.

New York Times File Photo/T.J. Kirkpatrick / U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., may sound partisan in public, but her record this year shows she has frequently worked across the aisle.
New York Times File Photo/T.J. Kirkpatrick / U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., may sound partisan in public, but her record this year shows she has frequently worked across the aisle.

Is she a Republican attack dog, a Democrats’ poodle or just playing politics the way it must done in Washington, D.C.?

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee’s senior senator, has had her campaign’s Twitter account suspended, been lampooned on “Saturday Night Live” and been criticized by the likes of singer Taylor Swift.

Her remarks about President Joe Biden and Democrats — several of them made this year — take no prisoners:

› “Woke is [Democrats’] favorite word, woke-ism is their favorite activity & they adhere to DEI and ESG like it’s a religion. I think that’s why 75% of this country think the country is on the wrong track.”

› “If Joe Biden had his way, sports would be divided into a team of men and a team of folks who used to be men. On the anniversary of Title IX, this administration is doing everything in their power to erase women and girls from sports.”