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Jun 29 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
JUST IN: Mississippi Republicans nominated Brian Flowers, who accuses U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson of "treason," to run against him in #MS02.

Thompson is chair of the #January6thCommittee; Flowers claims the insurrectionists are "political prisoners."
mississippifreepress.org/25252/brian-fl…
Brian Flowers claims Rep. Bennie Thompson is providing “treasonous assistance” to support an "immigrant invasion."

Flowers says he will "work with the growing remnant of patriots ... to stop the invasion and the treason in a Constitutional manner.”
mississippifreepress.org/25252/brian-fl…
Even as Flowers says Rep. Bennie Thompson may be guilty of treason, he accuses him of “trying to intimidate American patriots by persecuting hundreds of protestors that are being held as political prisoners since approximately January 6, 2021.”
mississippifreepress.org/25252/brian-fl…
In an interview with me, Flowers said he agrees with elements of the "great replacement" conspiracy theory.

He says Democrats “intend to overwhelm America with hordes of illegals in the same way Rome was overwhelmed centuries ago."
mississippifreepress.org/24898/gop-cand…
The National Immigration Forum says great replacement theory states that welcoming immigration policies ... are part of a plot to ‘replace’ the political power and culture of white people in Western countries.

The Buffalo shooter cited it in his manifesto.mississippifreepress.org/24898/gop-cand…
Flowers' campaign site describes immigrants as disease-carrying "perverts, rapists, murderers, and garden variety thugs, as if we didn’t have enough disgusting degenerates in America already.”

(Studies dispute myths about immigrants, disease and violence).mississippifreepress.org/24898/gop-cand…
When I asked Flowers about his stated views on immigrants, he said he believes America is a "nation of immigrants" and that "we should still allow legal immigrants that want to come in and make a good life for themselves."mississippifreepress.org/24898/gop-cand…
Flowers said he disagrees with Republicans who want to shut off legal immigration entirely: “As long as they come in and follow the rules, don’t commit egregious crimes and are willing to work...I don’t have a problem with keeping legal immigration going.”
mississippifreepress.org/24898/gop-cand…
Voters in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District will choose between GOP nominee Brian Flowers and incumbent Rep. Bennie Thompson in the Nov. 8 general election.
mississippifreepress.org/25252/brian-fl…
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NEW: A 12-year-old child victim of rape and incest should be forced to carry and birth her father's child, Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says.

Even in such cases, he opposes abortion exceptions.

"Every life is valuable," Gunn said.
mississippifreepress.org/25273/12-year-…
“What about the case of a 12-year-old girl molested by her father or uncle?” AP reporter @EWagsterPettus asked Gunn. “...Do you think the Legislature should revisit that?”

“Personally, no. I do not,” Gunn said. “I believe life begins at conception."
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“So that 12-year-old child molested by her family members should carry that pregnancy to term?” asked Daily Journal reporter @TaylorVanceDJ.

“That is my personal belief. I believe life begins at conception,” Gunn said.
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Jun 29
JUST IN: Trump-allied Republicans hoped Michael Cassidy would defeat incumbent GOP Rep. Michael Guest, who voted to investigate January 6th, in the #MS03 GOP runoff.

Cassidy came out on top in the June 7 primary. But tonight, Guest crushed him 67%-33%.
mississippifreepress.org/25247/rep-gues…
As @NickJudin reports in this story tonight, Michael Cassidy had initially campaign on Medicare 4 All, five years of maternity leave and trillions in social spending.

But Cassidy disavowed those policies after coming out on top in the June 7 GOP primary.
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Just before the election, Cassidy claimed Guest was “coordinating with Democrats to rig the run-off election this Tuesday."

He accused GOP Chairman David Carter of meeting with Democrats to encourage them to vote for Guest in the GOP runoff.
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Jun 29
JUST IN: Mike Ezell has defeated six-term Congressman Steven Palazzo in Mississippi's 4th Congressional District GOP runoff.

Palazzo, who first won by defeating Democrat Gene Taylor in the 2010 Tea Party wave, is the subject of an ethics probe. #MS04
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Mike Ezell is the sheriff of Jackson County and has served in law enforcement for 42 years.

In his campaign, he cited the ethics probe into Palazzo's campaign finances and Palazzo's reputation as "No-Show Palazzo" for avoiding debates and town halls.
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With about 89% of the vote in, Mike Ezell led incumbent Steven Palazzo in tonight's GOP runoff by about 54%-46%.

The Associated Press has called the primary runoff for Ezell. #MS04
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Jun 28
BREAKING: At 3:55 p.m., Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson said that voters who registered to vote on May 31, 2022, are NOT in the poll books in today's congressional runoff elections and must vote affidavit.
mississippifreepress.org/25231/voters-w…
We learned this just three hours before polls close (7 p.m.) on a day when there are three important GOP primary runoffs—including two that could see incumbents lose re-election.

Voting information is here: mississippifreepress.org/25207/mississi…
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Jun 28
THREAD: Mississippi's primary runoffs are TODAY.

We have Republican runoffs in three districts: the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.

Any registered voter can vote in the GOP runoff so long as they didn't vote in the June 7 Democratic primary.

See info on candidates in each primary below. 1/ A photo of Mike Ezell and S...a composite of Brian Flower...a photo of Michael Cassidya photo of Michael Guest
In Mississippi Congressional District 2, which Rep. Bennie Thompson represents, today's GOP primary runoff candidates are Brian Flowers and Ron Eller.

You can read about their platforms here:
mississippifreepress.org/24762/gop-cand… 2/
Flowers has called incumbent Rep. Bennie Thompson "treasonous" for his immigration policies and also says he agrees with elements of "Great Replacement Theory." 3/
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NEW: On his website, Mississippi GOP Congressional Candidate Michael Cassidy's platform called for Medicare For All, 5 years of paid maternity leave, $20,000 for newlyweds & $250-$500/month per child.

He disavowed all of it in an interview with @nickjudin.mississippifreepress.org/25171/gop-cand…
“That was a rough draft,” Cassidy said of the health care policy proposal that was on his campaign site for months. “To call it a plan of mine is a mischaracterization... It was never a plan, I never campaigned on it, and it was not Medicare For All.”
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Cassidy’s website also said a “doctrine of equity has infected health systems across the nation, and some of these providers have refused to give treatment to white Americans simply due to their race.”

He says he thinks it was about COVID-19 treatments.
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