Someone Asked About Harvesting Votes Like Cotton on Thad Cochran’s Press Call
A press call held by Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign was cut short by a comparison between harvesting cotton and harvesting votes. According to reports from several journalists, at one point a man asked “If black people were harvesting cotton, why is it OK to harvest their votes?” Cochran’s campaign abruptly ended the press call after that, but several people stayed on the line to yell at one another.
The call was meant to push back claims that the Cochran campaign purchased votes or otherwise won the election illegitimately, but only served to further tensions within the Mississippi Republican party. According to Business Insider, the caller asked twice about “harvesting black votes,” before Cochran campaign advisor Austin Barbour replied “Sir, I don’t know where you’re calling from, but I’m happy to address any question, no matter the lunacy of it.”
The name of the commenter isn’t currently known, but some suspect it was a McDaniel supporter. Charles C. Johnson, the conservative blogger who accused the Cochran campaign of engaging in a votes-for-cash scheme tweeted the call-in information to his followers before the call and invited them to crash it with him.
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Absolutely funny.
"No, I can't do that."
"What difference does it make now?"
Boom.
The announcement was that Senator Thad Cochran was calling a press conference today. Apparently senator Cochran is no longer capable of speaking for himself, is he being held captive? Why was austin barbour holding the press conference? There was nothing new, apparently it was held to again denigrate Senator McDaniel, Senator McDaniel’s campaign and Conservatives for having the audacity to oppose the republican establishment and the barbours. It turned into a fiasco as has everything else Austin has done during this campaign. Apparently senator cochran is no longer capable of speaking for himself, is he being held captive?