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Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia did not know what song she would want Beyoncé to perform ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris delivering her speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president.
But she had some ideas of what not to pick.
“I feel like there might be some state-related controversies if she sings the new Cowboy Carter song celebrating Texas,” Spanberger, a candidate for governor told The Independent as she topped condiments on her hot dog at the United Center, referring to the song “Texas Hold ‘Em.”
As the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention droned on, speculation swirled once the United Center in Chicago went on lockdown. Many delegates on the floor dressed up in stetsons and wore red-white-and-blue sashes in the style that Miss Carter-Knowles wore on …