Trump, Pence seek to rescue embattled Republican in Mississippi

By Steve Holland

 

U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith speak to supporters during a Make America Great Again rally in Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S., November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

 

BILOXI, Miss. (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence launched a rescue mission in Mississippi for a Republican candidate on the eve of a run-off election for the U.S. Senate, with Democrats hoping to win a seat in the state for the first time since 1982.

 

Trump appeared at two large, boisterous rallies in Biloxi and Tupelo, Mississippi, for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a close race against black Democrat Mike Espy in the deep South state.

 

The result of Tuesday's run-off will determine whether Republicans widen their control of the U.S. Senate to 53 to 47 seats when the new Congress takes office early next year. Hyde-Smith remains a narrow favorite to win.

 

While Republicans did well in Senate races, Democrats took control of the U.S. House of Representatives from Republicans in midterm congressional elections three weeks ago.

 

In a question-and-answer session with reporters, Trump defended Hyde-Smith from criticism after a video surfaced showing her praising a supporter at a Nov. 2 public event by saying: "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."

 

    The comments triggered a political firestorm in a state that has a history of racism and lynchings and was a flashpoint in America's civil rights struggle.

 

Trump, asked about Hyde-Smith as she sat nearby at a question-and-answer session with reporters, said her comments struck him initially as "something that was sad" and a little flippant but that she had apologized for them when they spoke about it on the phone.

 

"I’ve gotten to know her over the last period of time as a senator, as a very, very talented United States senator and I know where her heart is, and her heart is good. That’s not what she was meaning when she said that," he said.

 

Pence joined Trump for the Biloxi rally, declaring Espy too liberal for the state of Mississippi.

 

The rally venue was adorned with Christmas trees and wreaths and Trump emerged from backstage out of a fake fireplace, waving away some fake snow that was blown out from the ceiling.

 

"There goes the suit, there goes the hair," he said.

 

(Reporting By Steve Holland; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-11-27

And there goes Dotard Donny never to be seen again.....if only

Trump & Pence are racists and fake Christians- of course they’ll support a ting-tong white supremacist in KKK land. 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Trump emerged from backstage out of a fake fireplace, waving away some fake snow that was blown out from the ceiling.

A trifecta of fake.

Hey I thought trump only wanted the very best lol guess birds of a feather flock together 

14 hours ago, webfact said:

The rally venue was adorned with Christmas trees and wreaths and Trump emerged from backstage out of a fake fireplace, waving away some fake snow that was blown out from the ceiling.

 

So he proved Chico Marx to be wrong, there IS an insanity claus!

 

I love you guys. You are so amusing. ????

Ole Miss's first Rhodes Scholar has an opinion...

 

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Is A ‘White Supremacist,’ Says Mississippi Rhodes Scholar

 

Jaz Brisack, the first female student at the University of Mississippi to receive the prestigious Rhodes scholarship, called Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) a “white supremacist” in an interview with The Oxford Eagle on Sunday.

 

“Given that our state amplifies the voices of white supremacist women like Cindy Hyde-Smith who reinforce and uphold misogynist policies, I’m glad to be able to provide a very different example of how an empowered Southern woman acts,” Brisack told the newspaper.

 

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cindy-hyde-smith-jaz-brisack-rhodes-scholar_us_5bfbfbb2e4b0eb6d931159f0

 

https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2018/11/23/5-questions-with-ums-first-female-rhodes-scholar-jaz-brisack/

 

 

 

Did she play Calvin Candie's mother in Django Unchained?

 

 

Ranking from 1-50 Mississippi:
Healthcare #50
Economy #46
Opportunity #49
Infastruture #49
Fiscal Stability #45
Quality of life #45
 

#MMSF
 

Edited November 28, 20187 yr by mtls2005

Police investigating nooses hung at Mississippi Capitol to protest state's racial history ahead of Hyde-Smith vs. Espy runoff

 

"We're hanging nooses to remind people that times haven't changed," read one of the signs found with the nooses.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/nooses-found-hanging-mississippi-capitol-n940176

 

 

Trump campaigning for hyde smith in Tupelo, MS.

 

Not seeing any "Blacks for Trump" signs? Strange?

 

 

 

Edited November 28, 20187 yr by mtls2005

8 minutes ago, mtls2005 said:

Trump campaigning for hyde smith in Tupelo, MS.

 

Not seeing any "Blacks for Trump" signs? Strange?

 

 

 

Kanye West attended, but he had to disguise himself as an old white guy to avoid being pistol-whipped by Trump's finest. 

15 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

A trifecta of fake.

Not Make America Great Again, but Make America Fake Again

2 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Not Make America Great Again, but Make America Fake Again

again ... still!!

 

This was already OLD news at the time the OP posted it.

8 hours ago, DoctorG said:

I love you guys. You are so amusing. ????

So I guess you decided to bother after all.

15 hours ago, Becker said:

So I guess you decided to bother after all.

You do realize do you not that the job of "stalker" has already been taken by one of your cohorts?

1 hour ago, DoctorG said:

You do realize do you not that the job of "stalker" has already been taken by one of your cohorts?

QED.