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Ashton Pittman

21 Oct, 7 tweets, 4 min read

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NEW: The American people “will be shocked to know how close we came to losing our democracy” once the the January 6th Committee reveals its findings, its chairman, Mississippi Democratic Bennie Thompson, told @maddow.
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@BennieGThompson

Rep. @BennieGThompson: "What would happen to you if you did what Mr. Bannon was doing? If you were a material witness in a criminal prosecution..., what would happen if you refused to show up, Do you think you would be able to just go about your business?"
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@January6thCmte

"There’s no question in the minds of the committee. We believe that Mr. Bannon clearly was one of the persons encouraging the insurrection to happen,” said @January6thCmte Chairman @BennieGThompson.
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Steve Bannon has ties to some Mississippi politicians, including former Gov. Phil Bryant.

As I reported in 2019, both men helped promote a pro-Brexit organization in the U.S. supporting the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union.
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Several Mississippians were in D.C. to support Trump on January 6th, including Eddie Nabors, a former Batesville alderman who ran an unsuccessful campaign for mayor this year.

He promoted some of Bannon's election claims, but isn't accused of wrongdoing.
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@January6thCmte

"Mr. Bannon & Mr. Trump’s privilege argumente...suggest that President Trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of January 6th, and this committee will get to the bottom of that," said @January6thCmte Vice Chair Liz Cheney.
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They've planning a mass education effort to teach people how to safely induce and manage their own abortions in a post-Roe South. •1
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With Black people making up about 38% of the population, Mississippi is the blackest state in the nation.

Here is a photo of Mississippi's eight statewide elected officials.

https://twitter.com/tatereeves/status/1450931843042365446

If you want to understand how, in the blackest state in America, all 8 statewide elected leaders could be white, start here:

Systemic Racism Built Mississippi. Gov. Reeves Says It Doesn’t Exist.
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18 Oct

NEW: Mississippians are offering tributes to former Secretary of State Colin Powell after he died of COVID-19.

Though vaccinated, Powell, 84, had multiple myeloma, which compromises the body’s ability to develop immune response to infections like COVID-19.mississippifreepress.org/16999/mississi…

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker described Powell as “the embodiment of the American dream.”

“The son of Jamaican immigrants, he went to college on an ROTC scholarship and rose to become one of the most consequential leaders of our time."
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17 Oct

Amid hysteria over the idea of Mississippi teachers teaching CRT, I'm reminded of the history coach* who, in front of Black students, said Black people would start turning against Mexicans for taking all the welfare money.

*he didn't want to teach, but was required to as a coach

Amid hysteria over CRT in Mississippi classrooms, I'm reminded of my high school American Law "teacher"/coach* who taught us that the Civil War was fought over state's rights, not slavery—a key Lost Cause myth taught since the early 1900s to rewrite the history of the Civil War.

Amid hysteria over CRT in Mississippi classrooms, I'm reminded of another history coach* who asked the only Black boy in the room if he'd support Colin Powell for President, then asked the only Black girl if she liked Condi Rice.

Then said: "Republicans ended slavery, you know."

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