Steve Cohen

Congressman's Wayward Tweets Reveal Daughter, Not Lover

Eric Lach | February 15, 2013, 10:13AM

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) during the reception at the Marijuana Policy Projects 15th annual gala on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010, in Washington.

When Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) tweeted, and then deleted, several effusive messages to a young blonde woman during the State of the Union address earlier this week, some people got Anthony Weiner flashbacks.

But Cohen has now come forward with an unusual explanation for the tweets: the young woman is his daughter, who the Congressman only found out about three years ago.

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