Just in case there was any lingering doubts about whether Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi is racist, they can officially be put to bed.
The antigay politician, who is currently fighting to keep her senate seat in a bitter runoff election against Democrat Mike Espy, was just outed as being a Confederate sympathizer.
Quick recap: Earlier this month, Hyde-Smith, who opposes same-sex marriage, came under fire when video of her cracking a joke about public hangings surfaced online. Days later, another video of her joking about voter suppression hit the internet.
Related: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith hates gays, loves voter suppression, and thinks hanging black people is funny
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Given Mississippi’s long history of lynching African Americans and stifling the black vote, and the fact that Hyde-Smith is running against a black man, the comments didn’t go over so well.
Now, photos of her wearing a Confederate soldier’s hat and holding a rifle have been uncovered on Facebook. And they’re not cute.
The 2014 post was discovered buried on Hyde-Smith’s own Facebook profile, and includes several photos of her posing with Confederate artifacts, along with the caption: “Mississippi history at its best!”
Since Hyde-Smith’s initial public hanging remarks went viral, several of her most influential donors have rescinded their support and asked for their campaign donations back.
Walmart was the first to request its $2000 be returned. The decision came after Debra Messing called the company out on Twitter:
?@slpng_giants? After lynching comments, Walmart donates to Cindy Hyde-Smith https://t.co/911lfMf6po
— Debra Messing (@DebraMessing) November 19, 2018
To which the mega-retailer responded:
Hi Debra. Completely understand your concern. Sen. Hyde-Smith’s recent comments clearly do not reflect the values of our company and associates. As a result, we are withdrawing our support and requesting a refund of all campaign donations.
— Walmart (@Walmart) November 20, 2018
Other companies quickly followed suit.
Railroad company Union Pacific and defense contractor Leidos both requested their $5,000 donations to Hyde-Smith’s campaign be returned. Meanwhile, Boston Scientific asked for its $2,500 back.
Google donated $5000 to Hyde-Smith and has not asked for the money back; however, it did put out a statement saying it made the contribution before Hyde-Smith’s racist comments were made public and that the company “would not have made such a contribution had we known about them.”
During a runoff debate against Epsy last night, Hyde-Smith once again addressed the controversy surrounding her campaign, apologizing to “anyone that was offended by my comments” before saying her “comments were taken and twisted and used as a political weapon against me by my opponent.”
Just a little word to the wise: If you ever find yourself having to repeatedly deny you’re racist, there’s a very good chance you’re racist.
Mississippi’s runoff election will be held on November 27.
Geeker
WOW…This woman is evil and savagely Dumb!
Geeker
WOW…This woman is evil and savagely Dumb!
re_horst
This needed to be repeated twice. thanks
Talltom@45
News flash for queerty: not all gay people have drunk the politically correct Kool-Aid. Lots of us voted for Trump, we support border enforcement and a strong military, among other points of view that are frowned upon in gay culture. MAGA.
teloric
this is an article about racism in the form of making joke about hanging citizens for the crime of being who they are, and about taking the right of citizens to vote away from them. this has nothing to do with the border wall, a strong military or even Trump. There is no need to bring a personal soapbox on another topic into it. If you have an actual comment about the article and it’s contents then share them. Otherwise please stop adding gas to an already horrifying subject. I am constantly shocked at the way that some gay men can’t see the parallel between racism and homophobia…. hating people because of how they were born. This is gay news because all mindless hate brings us closer to gay bashings, trans murders and ‘corrective’ rapes.
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gjg64
Well since Jefferson Davis was not a real president I don’t think they should call it a “Presidential Center”. Why don’t they accept that they were traitors?
Kev57
That’s precisely the way this situation needs to be framed. The Confederacy was treasonous. It was racist and hateful. It is not something to be glorified any more than Nazi Germany is to be glorified.
Kangol
Because Jefferson Davis was a walking, breathing icon of white supremacy, that’s why. Before and at the start of the US Civil War, he and his vice president, Alexander Stephens, made quite clear that white supremacy and the maintenance of slavery were the chief reasons behind the Confederate States of America. Supporters like Cindy Hyde-Smith claim to be “patriotic” and “pro-American” but they worship at the altar of a treasonous, failed Confederacy that thankfully was crushed by the Union (USA) military, army and navy, including roughly 189,000 black soldiers and sailors. For the Cindy Hyde-Smiths, treason against the US in defense of slavery, white supremacy, racism, and segregation is, to echo the right-wing icon Barry Goldwater, no vice. Rather than staying confined to the dustbin of history, people like her keep championing this disgraceful cause for one reason, and heritage it isn’t!
Xzamilloh
You see Google and Walmart and that should shut conservatives up about this so-called “liberal conspiracy.” These companies are amoral and only do what is popular, which is why Walmart and Google would donate to a Mississippi republican and then express regret after discovering her racism, but NOT her homophobia and anti-gay marriage stance.
And what is this fascination about the Confederacy? And then they claim we’re always living in the past and black people regarding slavery. There’s a huge damn difference between undoing a system set up to favor a certain race and gender at its inception and bunch of racists upset that we no longer live in the time when said system was at its peak.
greybat
Some of my Conservative relatives like to speak of the upcoming new Civil War with such enthusiasm, I wonder if any of them have ever read any history whatever.
A few of them have gone to war, but have never lived in an occupied Country, except as the Occupiers.
The Human Memory is a strange thing.
Mack
Unfortunately this bigot/racist will be re-elected. This is Mississippi we’re talking about. They will have one polling place for each 10,000 black voters and 1 polling place for each 1000 white voters. Just like in Georgia and Alabama they will do whatever it takes to win-with cheating at the top of the list.
And Talltom@45 when all your gay rights are eliminated by the Idiot in Chief then we’ll talk about how great you support him.
Prax07
I hate Trump as much as anyone, so not all of us racists support that @sshat. Do I wish the south had won though, yup.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Nasty miserable racist, bigoted, homophobic,vile crunt……
Yooper
Dumb see-you-next-tuesday for sure.