NEW: U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is one of just six Senate Republicans who voted for Trump's attempted coup d'état.
“The people I represent do not believe the presidential election was constitutional ... I cannot in good conscience support certification.” mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
Mark Baker, a 2019 GOP candidate for Mississippi AG, blamed Trump for today's insurrection.
“You can’t stack the wood, pour the gas, and light the match and then claim innocence. This was expected and intended. President Trump, you should be ashamed.” mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
Republican Mississippi State Rep. Missy McGee called it a "sad day in our nation."
THREAD: When thinking about what happened today, Trump, the violent insurrection he incited, and enablers like Senators Hawley and Cruz, it's instructive to listen to or read Edward R. Murrow's March 1954 news broadcast on Joseph McCarthy's demagogic, scorched earth politics. 1/
Murrow: "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another." 2/
"We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that were, for the moment, unpopular." 3/
NEW: Mississippi's senior U.S. senator, Roger Wicker, has come out AGAINST the plot by some in his party to overthrow American democracy and stop the elected incoming administration from taking power.
U.S. House Rep. Steven Palazzo says he backs the plot to overturn the 2020 election.
“I cannot idly stand by and watch Mississippi be disenfranchised" by swing states like Georgia having their electoral votes counted, Palazzo said. mississippifreepress.org/7954/rep-palaz…
U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, the only Democrat in Mississippi’s congressional delegation, criticized Palazzo:
“How can any Member of Congress challenge the legitimacy of Trump’s defeat when they were elected from the SAME ballot?” he wrote. mississippifreepress.org/7954/rep-palaz…
Are any legit news outlets or sources reporting that alleged Mitch McConnell comment about how "they shall have no victories?" Is there an audio recording? DM me info if you have more, or even email ashton@mississippifreepress.org.
(I have no info that says whether it's real or not. But I'd like to find out).
Update: It's parody (but bad parody bc it's too realistic).