John Cole’s Tennessee: Tongue-tied

March 8, 2023 11:03 am

Tongue-tied: From John Cole, Tennessee Rep. Paul Sherrell tied himself up and drew national attention when he suggested lynching — “hanging from a tree” — be brought back as acceptable capital punishment.

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John Cole

John Cole's political cartoons on Tennessee topics appear in the Tennessee Lookout weekly. He is currently the staff cartoonist for the editorial pages of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, PA. Prior to this, he enjoyed a nearly 20-year run with The Herald-Sun in Durham, NC. His award-winning work is internationally syndicated by Cagle Cartoons.