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."

"No man, no political party is greater than this country,” @MissyWMcGee said. mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
The mayor of Tupelo Mississippi said Trump "is responsible for this and needs to be immediately impeached and removed from office."

“Donald Trump’s supporters and a warring foreign nation are the only two groups to ever attack the United State’s Capitol." mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
“This is what sedition looks like,” said Mike Espy, Hyde-Smith's 2020 challenger. “Sedition is a serious felony punishable by fines and up to 20 years in prison..."

In 2018, Espy came closer to winning a U.S. Senate seat than any Democrat since the 1980s.
mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
Mississippi's other U.S. senator, Roger Wicker, voted to certify the election results in Arizona.

“Congress cannot—and should not—get into the business of deciding the results of our elections,” said Wicker, who was the MS Trump campaign's co-chair. mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
Sen. @RogerWicker: “The president’s own attorney general, his head of election security, and a number of Trump-appointed, conservative federal judges all have found that, despite widespread allegations of fraud, there simply was not enough evidence to change the outcome..."
Sen. @RogerWicker: “I know many of my fellow Mississippians will disagree with my decision...But I must vote according to my conscience, my oath of office, and my understanding of the rule of law."mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
All three of Mississippi's Republican congressmen—Reps. Michael Guest, Trent Kelly and Steven Palazzo—condemned the violence as they hunkered down for safety this afternoon.

Then, they voted for Trump's attempted coup d'état in the House. mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
“These thugs have no respect for our democracy,” U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson, Mississippi's only Democratic or Black congressman, tweeted as he hunkered down in the Capitol.

He and Sen. Wicker are the only MS members to vote against the coup attempts. mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
“The events...are the inevitable result of the tyrannical & idiotic leadership of Donald Trump. It's domestic terrorism & armed insurrection. This possibly would not have happened if Senate Republicans...removed their despicable leader.”
@BennieThompson mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
“I firmly believe in our Constitution, the rule of law, and the importance of full faith in the integrity of our elections," said Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who voted against even allowing witness testimony at Trump's impeachment trial last year.
mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…
Am why do I call it a "coup attempt"? Because
a) What they are trying to do (though unsuccessful) exceeds their authority under the law, but had it been successful, would result in the illegal installation of an unelected president.
And
b) Because they are attempting this on behalf of a man who incited a violent insurrection in the nation's capitol. They are, in essence, attempting a coup legislatively even as the man on whose behalf they are doing it praises & incites violent insurrection.
“Here in Mississippi today we made history that our children can be proud of. We put into law (w/ Gov.’s signature) our new flag, a flag that represents all of our citizens and our positive culture."
—Republican Mississippi Sen. @bricewigginsMS mississippifreepress.org/8008/sen-cindy…

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