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GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Downplays ‘Public Hanging Comment’ as an ‘Exaggerated Expression’ — But No One’s Buying It
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith sparked fierce backlash over the weekend after cracking a joke that evoked the South’s ugly history of lynchings.
Hyde-Smith, who faces Democrat Mike Espy in a Nov. 27 runoff, made the crass comment while campaigning with a cattle rancher in Tupelo, Miss., on Nov. 2, according to journalist and blogger Lamar White Jr... Read More.
Source: atlantablackstar.com






