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Drawing cheers from a gaggle of supporters, the line appeared to be a throwaway one.
“If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row,” Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss) is heard saying in a video posted to Twitter on Sunday morning.
The full context of her comment was not immediately clear, but she faced swift backlash. Lamar White Jr., a journalist and blogger who tweeted the video, said in his tweet that Hyde-Smith made the remark while campaigning with a cattle rancher in Tupelo, Miss.
Hyde-Smith became the first woman to represent Mississippi in Congress after she was appointed in April to replace Thad Cochran, a Republican senator who was forced to step down because of health problems. She faces Democrat Mike Espy in a Nov. 27 runoff to determine who will serve the remaining two years of Cochran’s term, as neither candidate was able to win more than 50 percent of the vote in the Nov. 6 special election, according to the Clarion Ledger.
Espy and Hyde-Smith, who received President Trump’s endorsement, were the two highest vote-getters, each receiving about 41 percent of the vote. If Espy were to win, he would be become the first black senator to represent the state since the reconstruction era.
In a statement Sunday, Espy called Hyde-Smith’s comments “reprehensible.” He added, “They have no place in our political discourse, in Mississippi, or our country. We need leaders, not dividers, and her words show that she lacks the understanding and judgment to represent the people of our state.”
In her own statement Sunday, Hyde-Smith asserted that her remark was an “exaggerated expression of regard.”
"In a comment on Nov. 2, I referred to accepting an invitation to a speaking engagement. In referencing the one who invited me, I used an exaggerated expression of regard, and any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous.”
I don’t know how to present this story, so I will just state it.
There is a run-off election in Mississippi to fill the vacant senate seat left by the retirement of Republican Senator Thad Cochran. The canididates are place holder senator, Republican Cindy Hyde-smith, and former democratic mike Espy. The basis of this Washington post article occurred on November 2nd when Senator Hyde-smith made a off-hand comment that could be politely described as “tasteless”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ion=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.7753f51d611d
People tend to exaggerate and I will not fault Senator Hyde Smith for using exaggerated statements.
That being said.... I am flabbergasted that a political candidate running for one of Mississippi’s Senate seats would be so politically naive as to casually make a exaggerated statement about public hangings given Mississippi’s dark past Associated with racism.
Of course the Left associated this with "lynching," as opposed to the fact that legal executions like hangings used to be public spectacles for a significant part of US history.
So do we have any "context" for her comment? Is there clear and convincing evidence she was talking about a lynching?
Or is this just more "Gotcha this time you racist..." assumption bias being used to sway public opinion?
Of course the Left associated this with "lynching," as opposed to the fact that legal executions like hangings used to be public spectacles for a significant part of US history.
Taking responsibility for what your side says just isn't your strong suit, is it, CA? :thumbdown
1. I don't "take responsibility" for anything unless I did it myself. Each person is solely responsible for their own actions.
2. I asked for context and clarity via an accessible link after giving a possible NON-racist explanation for her usage, since I don't have access to paid media. It appears from reports that the "Left" is acting with typical outrage via associating her comment with racist connotations.
I don’t know how to present this story, so I will just state it.
There is a run-off election in Mississippi to fill the vacant senate seat left by the retirement of Republican Senator Thad Cochran. The canididates are place holder senator, Republican Cindy Hyde-smith, and former democratic mike Espy. The basis of this Washington post article occurred on November 2nd when Senator Hyde-smith made a off-hand comment that could be politely described as “tasteless”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ion=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.7753f51d611d
People tend to exaggerate and I will not fault Senator Hyde Smith for using exaggerated statements.
That being said.... I am flabbergasted that a political candidate running for one of Mississippi’s Senate seats would be so politically naive as to casually make a exaggerated statement about public hangings given Mississippi’s dark past Associated with racism.
1. I don't "take responsibility" for anything unless I did it myself. Each person is solely responsible for their own actions.
2. I asked for context and clarity via an accessible link after giving a possible NON-racist explanation for her usage, since I don't have access to paid media. It appears from reports that the "Left" is acting with typical outrage via associating her comment with racist connotations.
From the tweet link provided, (very poor quality) I still am not certain what she was referring to. However, I don't automatically jump to the most negative conclusion preferring to tender the benefit of the doubt.
It was clear.
https://eji.org/national-lynching-memorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/25/us/lynching-memorial-alabama.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/6042...-is-a-space-to-talk-about-all-of-that-anguish
https://museumandmemorial.eji.org/
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk...y-alabama-highlight-slavery-lynchings-n869686
https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/apr/010430.execution.htmlMay 1, 2001 -- The United States has a long history of so-called "legal" public executions. The last public hanging was carried out in Owensboro, Kentucky, in 1936 when Rainey Bethea was hanged after his conviction for the rape and murder of a 70-year-old woman.
(sigh)
No it was not "clear," and linking a bunch of stories about memorials, etc. does not prove anything except there was a nasty history of racism in our past.
However, a "public hanging" does not necessarily equate to a "lynching." Executions were often public in the old days.
https://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2001/apr/010430.execution.html
Now it is entirely possible, the party she was talking about being a cattleman, that she was joking about a "western justice necktie party" for a cattle rustler. It is also possible it was a good ole fashion racist lynching. It is also possible she was talking about a simple public hanging.
People are free to take offense at whatever they wish, and can assume whatever they wish when doing so. I prefer to give someone the benefit of the doubt until proven wrong.
I've just noticed the penchant of the Left to play every labeling card in the book (racist, sexist, etc.) at the drop of a hat in order to demonize someone so they can be treated without further respect or consideration.
I choose otherwise. :shrug:
I don’t know how to present this story, so I will just state it.
There is a run-off election in Mississippi to fill the vacant senate seat left by the retirement of Republican Senator Thad Cochran. The canididates are place holder senator, Republican Cindy Hyde-smith, and former democratic mike Espy. The basis of this Washington post article occurred on November 2nd when Senator Hyde-smith made a off-hand comment that could be politely described as “tasteless”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ion=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.7753f51d611d
People tend to exaggerate and I will not fault Senator Hyde Smith for using exaggerated statements.
That being said.... I am flabbergasted that a political candidate running for one of Mississippi’s Senate seats would be so politically naive as to casually make a exaggerated statement about public hangings given Mississippi’s dark past Associated with racism.
I don’t know how to present this story, so I will just state it.
There is a run-off election in Mississippi to fill the vacant senate seat left by the retirement of Republican Senator Thad Cochran. The canididates are place holder senator, Republican Cindy Hyde-smith, and former democratic mike Espy. The basis of this Washington post article occurred on November 2nd when Senator Hyde-smith made a off-hand comment that could be politely described as “tasteless”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ion=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.7753f51d611d
People tend to exaggerate and I will not fault Senator Hyde Smith for using exaggerated statements.
That being said.... I am flabbergasted that a political candidate running for one of Mississippi’s Senate seats would be so politically naive as to casually make a exaggerated statement about public hangings given Mississippi’s dark past Associated with racism.
I don’t know how to present this story, so I will just state it.
There is a run-off election in Mississippi to fill the vacant senate seat left by the retirement of Republican Senator Thad Cochran. The canididates are place holder senator, Republican Cindy Hyde-smith, and former democratic mike Espy. The basis of this Washington post article occurred on November 2nd when Senator Hyde-smith made a off-hand comment that could be politely described as “tasteless”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ion=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.7753f51d611d
People tend to exaggerate and I will not fault Senator Hyde Smith for using exaggerated statements.
That being said.... I am flabbergasted that a political candidate running for one of Mississippi’s Senate seats would be so politically naive as to casually make a exaggerated statement about public hangings given Mississippi’s dark past Associated with racism.
1. I don't "take responsibility" for anything unless I did it myself. Each person is solely responsible for their own actions.
2. I asked for context and clarity via an accessible link after giving a possible NON-racist explanation for her usage, since I don't have access to paid media. It appears from reports that the "Left" is acting with typical outrage via associating her comment with racist connotations.
From the tweet link provided, (very poor quality) I still am not certain what she was referring to. However, I don't automatically jump to the most negative conclusion preferring to tender the benefit of the doubt.
I want to post the video but the actual video is from twitter. I Don’t know how to cite twitter posts or content on twitter
This is my best attempt
https://mobile.twitter.com/LamarWhi...g-her-black-opponent-called-it-reprehensible/
I don’t know how to present this story, so I will just state it.
There is a run-off election in Mississippi to fill the vacant senate seat left by the retirement of Republican Senator Thad Cochran. The canididates are place holder senator, Republican Cindy Hyde-smith, and former democratic mike Espy. The basis of this Washington post article occurred on November 2nd when Senator Hyde-smith made a off-hand comment that could be politely described as “tasteless”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...ion=true&noredirect=on&utm_term=.7753f51d611d
People tend to exaggerate and I will not fault Senator Hyde Smith for using exaggerated statements.
That being said.... I am flabbergasted that a political candidate running for one of Mississippi’s Senate seats would be so politically naive as to casually make a exaggerated statement about public hangings given Mississippi’s dark past Associated with racism.
However, I don't automatically jump to the most negative conclusion preferring to tender the benefit of the doubt.
It appears from reports that the "Left" is acting with typical outrage via associating her comment with racist connotations.
(sigh)
I've just noticed the penchant of the Left to play every labeling card in the book (racist, sexist, etc.) at the drop of a hat in order to demonize someone so they can be treated without further respect or consideration.
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