MS Gov. Tate Reeves does not even include his chief medical officer @TCBPubHealth in his decisions on public health matters like requiring masks.

This is a stunning betrayal of Mississippians that requires oversight by the #MSLeg. 1/
On follow-up, a PR staffer cut off Dr. Dobbs' press briefing. 2/
Watching the full presser gives the clear impression that Tate's decision to lift Mississippi's mask mandate was against Dobbs' medical advice. 3/
What remains unclear is whether Mississippi's legislators care enough to perform oversight.

cc: @DelbertHosemann @SenDTSimmons @SenDavidBlount @bricewigginsMS @PhilipGunnMS @JasonWhiteMS @RepRJohnson @MissyWMcGee @RepZSummers 4/

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20 Oct
"We have not had peaceful protests. We have had mobs that burned businesses. People did not deserve that." —@cindyhydesmith

"In Mississippi, we've had lots and lots of protests, but they've all been peaceful, and it makes me proud to be a Mississippian." —@tatereeves
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20 Oct
THREAD: @cindyhydesmith claims that she refused to debate @MikeEspyMS because she is seeing constituents instead, but is she?

No. Instead, Cindy appeared with a Florida PR consultant in an event titled "The New American Civil War." 1/
This reporting comes from @LamarWhiteJr @bayoubrief.

Video of the host's introduction to the event is available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1pHIHdF… 2/
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After being introduced by the host, Naresh Vissa, Vissa asked Cindy about what she had done for Hindu Americans, and Cindy responded that she had hired Umesh Sanjanwala as her chief aide when she became MS agriculture commissioner.

That video is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1B8bw8P… 3/
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19 Oct
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Mississippi absentee ballots REQUESTED, as of October 18. 2/4 ImageImageImage
Mississippi absentee ballots SENT, as of October 18. 3/4 ImageImageImage
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19 Oct
THREAD: Cindy Hyde-Smith released a video today begging for money for her campaign against @MikeEspyMS for US senate.

Cindy's desperate plea follows the interview Cindy gave to WJTV last week where she embarrassed both herself and Mississippi (see below). 1/
Cindy is correct that Mike is outraising her (though to win, Mike needs enough funds for a GOTV operation to reach MS Democratic voters who became inactive voters since 2008 and to improve his margin of white voters by a hair). 2/
Indeed, @alfranken said yesterday on the @talkingfedspod with @harrylitman @BillKristol and @Slate's @Dahlialithwick that the GOP likely views Mississippi's race for US senate as being close enough to be decided by voter suppression, making Mike's ability to GOTV crucial. 3/
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17 Oct
THREAD w/ highlights from Cindy Hyde-Smith's interview today. Yes, this is the trainwreck you think it is.

The interview starts with asking Cindy why she refused to debate @MikeEspyMS and OMG this is awkward. 1/
Byron asked Cindy about her statement that the home of Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy, is "Mississippi history at its best."

BYRON: "Is this really Mississippi's history at its best?"

CINDY: "It is displayed very well." 2/
The "civil unrest"?

Cindy refers to lynchings in Mississippi as "civil unrest." There's nothing civil about terrorism. 3/
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15 Oct
THREAD—Three GOP 5th Circuit judges revived a TX lawsuit for an order requiring voters to wear masks.

The 5th Circuit has jurisdiction over MS as well as TX, and its implicit holding that states can require voters to wear masks rebukes @MississippiSOS. 1/
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The TX lawsuit sought many items of relief, all of which the district court and 5th Circuit rejected EXCEPT for the plaintiffs' claim under the Voting Rights Act for a mask mandate at polling places.

The full opinion is here: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7231… 2/
The VRA claim is that failure to mandate masks unduly burdens Texans' of color right to vote because it unduly exposes voters to COVID-19, a disease that disproportionately affects people of color. 3/
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