Espy is a long time race pimp that’s been floating around Mississippi politics for decades. He’s in the mold of Bennie Thompson, John Lewis, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc. Clinton appointed him secretary of agriculture where he went about collecting “gifts” from anyone that wanted his ear.
The people of Mississippi have long been on to his game. The fact that he got any votes at all is a sad reminder of the racial divide in the state. Most black people vote on skin color alone and if you look at the election results the breakdown is almost exactly along racial lines.
Clinton appointed him secretary of agriculture where he went about collecting “gifts” from anyone that wanted his ear.
And in (a DC?) Court, he was found ‘not guilty’ of all 30-some charges - even the three he admitted to in open court (Which were laws he had sponsored).