Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith wore Confederate rebel hat in Facebook (trunc)

CNBC ^ | November 20th, 2018 | Dan Mangan

[Mariner]

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith smilingly posed for a photo in 2014 while wearing a Confederate cap and holding a rifle, then put the image on her Facebook page with the words "Mississippi history at its best!"

That image, taken at a Mississippi museum, resurfaced Tuesday as AT&T, Leidos and Walmart joined two other companies, Union Pacific and Boston Scientific, in asking Hyde-Smith, a Republican, to return campaign contributions because of controversy over her recent jest about being willing to attend a public "hanging."

[House Atreides]

Fake news hit piece.

On schedule.
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Yep. Besides, it’s simply a bit of history...Mississippi history.

[Mariner]

That’s where it’s going.

They’ll have a debate tonight. All this will be thrown in her face by Espy AND the media.

I don’t think she’s smart enough to handle it.

Expect more gaffs.

[JohnBrowdie]

he’s a f*cking trouble maker. he’d lose the seat just so he could get his rocks off calling someone a LOUSY RINO ESTABLISHMENT CRONY-CAPITALIST GOPE UNIPARTY BUSHITE OPEN BORDER GLOBALIST CORPORATIST FREE-TRAITOR NEOCON MULTILATERALIST SCUMBAG!!

a$$hats like him gave the alabama seat away.

[Sans-Culotte]

Sheesh, she was on a museum tour.

[Mariner]

“I can’t foresee any scenario where Cindy Hyphen-Smith can lose this race.”

I can.

If Republicans don’t turn out, she could lose easily.

[max americana]

So?

[kiryandil]

They're playing the female version of the Roy Moore card.

The minority party DemoKKKrats NEVER give up. I'm thinking "the rabid dog cure" at the end of all things.

[House Atreides]

Wow. First it’s the hanging comment. Now this. She was APPOINTED. Waiting for Az. Gov. to appoint Megan McCain.
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Maybe. And that would be the same Meghan McCain who did NOT endorse the Republican candidate running in 2018’s Arizona US Senate race.

[Yosemitest]

Republican you say ?
Bullcrap !

She's a a DemocRAT pretending to be a R.I.N.O. and she's definitely a Thad Cochran CLONE !

... Cindy Hyde-Smith was a Democrat her entire life, winning three terms in the State Senate where she served from 2000 to 2012. But in order to run and win a statewide race for Agriculture Commissioner, she switched parties, not out of principle but out of pure political opportunism. She knew she would have a much easier time winning as a Republican than a Democrat.

But, make no mistake about it, in her earlier career she was a hardcore Democrat. Although it’s hard to know who she voted for in General Elections, her voting records show that she voted in every Democratic primary and runoff until her switch in 2011, so we can only logically conclude that she supported the Democratic nominee in the General.

Here are some of the Democratic elections that she voted in since 2006:

Democratic Primary – June 6, 2006

Democratic Runoff – June 27, 2006

General Election – November 7, 2006

Democratic Primary – August 7, 2007

Democratic Runoff – August 28, 2007

General Election – November 6, 2007

General Election – November 4, 2008

Democratic Primary – June 1, 2010

General Election – November 2, 2010

The position of her campaign is that she switched parties in 2010, and that may well be true, but she did not vote in a Republican Primary until August 2, 2011.

But now that she’s in the political fight of her life, up against the most conservative of candidates in McDaniel, she’s trying to mold herself into a “lifelong conservative,” hoping voters forget her many years in that other party. Her campaign website is chock full of conservative positions that make her sound just like Senator McDaniel. ...

[JohnBrowdie]

what did you think of good old todd akin when he said the female body wouldn’t allow pregnancy in the event of legitimate rape?

[ZULU]

So? And??

[plain talk]

[goldstategop]

She could lose because she’s a walking gaffe machine.

That’s the reason Democrats won Senate races in IN and MO. GOP candidates defended rape.

And lost suburban women.

[stylin19a]

Reps took 57% of the vote in that race. McDaniel took 16.5 % of that.
I can’t believe McDaniel voters will flip to Espy or all stay home. Nor do I believe Cindy voters will flip.

What will happen is, RATS suing to expand restricted mail in ballot times for the runoff ( even as they are manufacturing their own mail in ballots )

https://medium.com/lawyers-committee-for-civil-rights-under-law/mississippi-s-absentee-ballot-procedures-will-restrict-voters-in-runoff-election-8188ad7b9162

This seat should be a hold, but....

[Mariner]

“what did you think of good old todd akin when he said the female body wouldn’t allow pregnancy in the event of legitimate rape?”

Dumb as a post. Doesn’t matter if it’s TRUE. Not relevant.

There are some politicians that can say/do really dumb sh!t and finesse their way out of it. Donald Trump is the gold standard.

But most cannot.

[JonPreston]

What pray tell is wrong with a Confederate cap. In Mississippi no less? If she has any Trump in her she’ll double down and win. If she’s more culturally sensitive like most of the GOPe denizens, she’ll quiver, shake and take an ass pounding. Not knowing anything about the race I’ll choose the latter as her course. Sad but true.

[goldstategop]

MS isn’t AL. Its heavily GOP.

[reasonisfaith]

Why did she think posing in the historical democrat garb would be a good idea?

It seems a bit kooky.

[Mariner]

An ass pounding it’ll be.

She has a debate with Espy and the media tonight.

She won’t be able to say she’s sorry enough times.

[JohnBrowdie]

your gold standard ENDORSED the candidate you are attacking, which make you a traitor to his cause.