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1. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) has NOT APOLOGIZED for her "joke" about attending a public hanging

Instead she says it was a compliment

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2. Now she's refusing to answer ANY questions about her comments on lynching.

Watch this video from her press conference yesterday.

It's unbelievable.

3. Yesterday, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant defended Hyde-Smith at a press conference.

He deflected questions by accusing black women of genocide and saying that should be the real controversy.

I'm serious.

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4. Hyde-Smith faces a runoff against Mike Espy on November 27. She only got 8K more votes than Espy on November 6 but is expected to win in a cakewalk because the 3rd place finisher was a hard-right Republican.

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5. Regardless, seems like being from Mississippi shouldn't give you a free pass to "joke" about lynching.

But her remarks have been met with SILENCE from Republican elected officials.

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A total and humiliating capitation to a president with no interest in the truth.

The news media is supposed to inform the public.

They are now being used to disseminate government propaganda.
REMEMBER: When Obama wanted to address the nation on immigration, the networks refused to air it because they believe it would be "overtly political."

What a joke.

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The idea that a Democratic rebuttal or fact-checking will make this better is insulting.

If I break my arm and a doctor gives me a cast, I'm thankful.

If a doctor breaks my arm and hands me a band-aid, it's not a favor.
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Any network that airs this live is knowingly participating in a disinformation campaign
Some conflicting info, but @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg says the networks will air this live

This show just how deeply the mainstream media misunderstands Trump and his tactics

@JenniferJJacobs This is what happened when Obama gave a primetime address on immigration in 2014
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1. Can we talk about @redlobster?

Dozens of corporations stopped advertising on Tucker Carlson after he said immigrants made America "dirtier"

Now Carlson is arguing there's a moral responsibility to pay women less than men.

@redlobster is one of the few corps sticking w/him
@redlobster 2. The president of @redlobster is Salli Setta. She's on the board of the Women's Foodservice Forum (@WFFHQ).

@WFFHQ is dedicated to "galvanizing the Food Industry" to become "one of the first industries to close the gender gap"

Why is @redlobster sticking with Tucker Carlson?
3. Corporations like @redlobster want to develop a reputation for being socially conscious. Its president is devoted to gender equality. Kudos.

But the power of corporations comes from how they use their resources.

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It's an Election Night Tuesday, as the polls are now closed in Mississippi in the special Senate runoff election
I was just poking around on the website of the Mississippi Secretary of State when I found this list of crimes which prevents you from voting in the Magnolia State
If you're looking for the results of the first round of voting, you won't find it on the Mississippi Secretary of State's website
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Happy #MSSEN runoff time, folk! Consider this thread over the next 4 days--Cindy Hyde-Smith v. Mike Espy. Here's what I can tell you: There's a heck of an important conversation taking place in this great state right now. Really glad to be here. If I may, welcome to Mississippi:
Hinds County (Jackson=county seat) with absentee ballot lines this morning via @AlexLoveWJTV. Hinds County is MS’s largest; Clinton beat Trump by 43% in the county in 2016 —->
En route! --> Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith is holding two campaign events this afternoon -- her first in OVER A WEEK. Last time -- outside of the debate -- she was publicly accessible was *last* Thursday in D.C. on CapHill.
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Mississippi: 1 in 5 Black people has lost the right to vote; a White man wore 👇at a polling place; & yesterday Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said about a cattle rancher, "If he invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row."

She's facing Mike Epsy in an election Nov 27. VOTE.
He's a registered nurse and former cop. commercialappeal.com/story/news/201…
Who was thankfully fired after this came out. But it is enraging to think of how many arrests he made and how many Black people suffered as a result of his idea of "Mississippi Justice." wmcactionnews5.com/2018/11/08/hos…
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In Mississippi, Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MS issues this statement
That statement is in reference to this video, in which the Senator jokes that if a certain backer "invited me to a public hanging, I'd be on the front row"

If you're not familiar with the Mississippi Senate runoff, Hyde-Smith is running against former Rep Mike Espy D-MS, who is black.
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