Another disturbing development in the racially-charged Senate runoff race between Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is white trash, and her Democratic opponent Mike Espy, who is black.
This morning, two nooses were discovering swinging from a tree outside the Mississippi State Capitol, along with several handwritten signs.
“On Tuesday Nov. 27, thousands of Mississippians will vote for a senator,” one sign said. “We need someone who respects the lives of lynch victims.”
Another read: “We’re hanging nooses to remind people that times haven’t changed.”
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The display appears to be in response to the string of racist jokes Hyde-Smith, who opposes same-sex marriage, has cracked along the campaign trail.
Just a little recap: Earlier this month, 59-year-old Hyde-Smith came under fire when video of her joking about sitting in the “front row” of a “public hanging” surfaced online.
Days later, another video of her joking about voter suppression hit the internet.
Then photos of her wearing a Confederate soldier’s hat and holding a rifle while touting “Mississippi history at its finest!” were uncovered on Facebook.
Then it was revealed that she had attended a segregation academy in high school.
Then it was exposed she gleefully accepted campaign donations from a former member of the KKK.
And yet she still insists she’s definitely not racist.
State police say they don’t know who is responsible for hanging the nooses or the signs.
“As of late this morning, they did not have any suspects,” a Capitol Police spokesman told media.
Tomorrow, Mississippi will hold its runoff election, where it is largely expected Hyde-Smith will win, though data suggests there’s a slim chance her opponent could still squeak out a victory.
If he is victorious, Epsy will be the first black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction.
Fingers crossed Mississippi votes to take out the trash tomorrow.
And now, the memes…
Brian
Her problem goes deeper than the bad “joke” about lynching. She’s demonstrably, actively racist.
misterjack
That is one ugly b*tch.
Geeker
I try to be hopeful that the human race is slowly becoming better but honestly the fact that this vile piece of hateful garbage is probably going to win after all the things she’s said and done kind of makes me wish for another giant asteroid strike…right in Mississippi.
jckfmsincty
The state song for Mississippi should be Nina Simone’s classic, “Mississippi God Damn”.
Kangol
Don’t forget how she sponsored a resolution on behalf of the Confederacy when she was in the Mississippi legislature. That horrible Mississippi governor Phil Bryant thought he was going to sneak this little white supremacist Hyde-Smith in to replace Thad Cochran, but she’s been exposed for what she is. Nevertheless, it’s Mississippi, so she still could win easily.
Virpilosus
She is much more than “white trash” as the article describes. She is an evil, racist, heartless, right-wing hangover from the ugliest part of Mississippi’s past. And, yes, how sad and disturbing it is that she will likely win this election! Thay may not render the whole of that poor State as evil and twisted as her, but it sure is no mandate for a free and equal society down there. Mississippi has a VERY long way to go to catch up to the 21st century.
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Nasty old crunt….
NateOcean
The last time I saw a mouth like that, it had a fish hook hanging out of it.