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| Turkey neck lawmaker Cindy Hyde-Smith. The Mississippi senator is facing a backlash because of her racially charged remarks. |
Hyde-Smith, the first female to serve the Magnolia state is struggling. After a handful of remarks on the campaign trail, Democrats see an opening.
The moron said she would attend a "public hanging" if invited by a supporter.
"If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."
That comment was seen as offensive and racist. Rather than apologize, the senator remarked that the junk food media is taking her words out of context.
She said that it was a joke.
Well many didn't take that as a joke. The NAACP and Black lawmakers are not laughing about those remarks.
Then on tape again, she said it would be a good idea if liberal folks don't vote.
Cindy Hyde-Smith on voter suppression: "And then they remind me, that there's a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who that maybe we don't want to vote. Maybe we want to make it just a little more difficult. And I think that's a great idea." Nov 2nd in Columbus, MS. pic.twitter.com/OxNY77XCft— Lamar White, Jr. (@LamarWhiteJr) November 15, 2018
Allegedly, she took a donation from a white extremist. Peter Sieve is a Washington state businessman who has ties to white extremism. He donated $2,700 to the Hyde-Smith campaign.
It was supposed to be an easy race.
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| Trump, Mike Pence, Mitch McConnell, Paul Ryan and others will stomp for the turkey neck Cindy Hyde-Smith. |
Cochran abruptly resigned citing health issues. He left early leaving an opening for Democrats. Now they are hoping to win again in the Deep South.
Mike Espy, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under the Bill Clinton administration is running for the seat as well. He hopes that Hyde-Smith's remarks will help turnout the Black vote.
Espy is Black and has a slim chance of winning. The odds say that the Republican has an 87% chance of winning.
Black vote is fairly strong in Mississippi. However, it often seems like Republicans overwhelmingly win the state. Donald J. Trump carried that state by 20 points. He will be campaigning for the Republicans in the coming days.
See in Mississippi, a whole lot of Black people were lynched by white extremists during the 19th and into the 20th Century. It still exist in the 21st Century.
In the history books, the Deep South was dangerous for Black people. If you look a white person in the wrong way, you could be lynched. There were at least 45,000 known lynchings. Public hangings are still allowed in the United States. Lynchings were more lethal. In a public square, a white gathering of residents would watch a black person's body get mutilated, shot, burned and then publicly hung.
The federal government wouldn't be able to convict those involved because the lawmakers looked a blind eye in the South.
What happened in Alabama could happen in Mississippi.
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| Mike Espy has a slim chance of winning. But the latest antics from his opponent could help him pull an upset. He is with Cory Booker, the senator from New Jersey. |
Jones counted on the Black vote. Black men voted for Jones at 89%. Black women gave vote 98% to Jones. Only 47% of white women for Jones.
Moore would have won the election despite the allegations. Trump campaigned for Moore but never in person.
Sen. Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will campaign for Espy.
Trump, Mike Pence, Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will be doing last minute rallies for Hyde-Smith. Maybe a special guest like Sean "Softball" Hannity might appear. He certainly gets involved whenever a Republican is accused of being a white extremist.
The softball loves to make Republicans at least tolerable.
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