political conversation. again, it s in this space where you play to the lowest common denominator to get that vote out. she is clearlies and her team is clearly threatened by espy. they see the potential of his surge here. now she s given african-american voters something else to go to the polls for to send a signal, and i think that last woman made it very clear. white folks need to step up and say they re against this and black folks certainly will and you ll see that at the polls. do you think it will actually cost cindy hyde-smith her seat. mississippi has a larger african-american population than alabama, maybe a more active one after what went down with doug jones last year. absolutely. that s the problem. the thinking is they re going to be complacent and sit back now. now that vote is cal vaniz ga sanized. this debate will be important, particularly when she s pressed on that subject and has to address the subject of her comments, and the black voters are paying attention.
is to say you use the anti-immigration message and doubled down on the divicive rhetoric, talking about socialism and the like and that will drive up the turn out among the conservative race you need. they were right. the democrats are really banking on the fact that their base is just as ginned up and turn out just as much and backlash against that. that s the big risk here. these races are always problematic with turn out. right after a holiday and it will slip some people s mind. if you want to motivate african-american turn out, there is no better way than to talk about public hangings in in isz miss. those remarks were out of bounds and she made other remarks about suppressing the vote. she is not an incumbent having run down there and if they manage to lose senate seats in alabama and mississippi in one year, there needs to be intro
what roy moore was facing, but she did make the comments and it s a sensitive race and time in america to make a comment like that. he could be the first black senator for the state since the civil war. that s a big deal. so many things are at stake here. those remarks are really getting such backlash that they wouldn t always in mississippi. her campaign is trying to turn it around and trying to take the donald trump approach of you can t even have a sense of humor in america anymore. that s the defense. it s a question of whether that will appeal to the same voters that voted for president trump who said they don t want to live in a politically correct nation. that s a big factor that it comes down to. i feel that i m all for a sense of humor, but not about public hangings or whether young people should vote. here s all the proof you need. they are putting money into the race as well. new money going in that features the candidate.
southern expression. have you heard in the past just sort of offhand references to public hangings? they only have one meaning in the south. right. no. that s why it was so remarkable. as you re looking at this race, mike espy, it s a historic bid he s making. the two of them in a three way race. both finished with 40% of the vote. is this a race where cindy hyde smith is going to have it or could a controversy like this hurt her? we saw what happened in alabama. like you mentioned before, mississippi is 37% african-american. so if there are enough white voters and enough african-americans that turn out, i think mike could win this. i really do. yeah. let s listen read a couple of responses. the naacp responded to cindy hyde s comments saying senator hide smith s shameful remarks prove how trump has created a social and political climate
cotton picking about the florida race. at least that s an expression. this is just out of nowhere makes you wonder what senator hyde smith is thinking. so just to wrap it up, i think that we re it s unfortunate republicans can t get a handle on this. charlie? well, look, i would have to say this. if you re running for office for senate or governor, you have to choose your words very carefully particularly if you re down south and using certain terms like those public hangings, voter suppression, you should know better. like i said, i don t think these are huge issues to be quite honest. these are gaffes. and. public hanging even in the context congressman, a public hanging even not in the context of race is not really you know. i mean i hope that this brings out african-american voters in a way that we haven t seen yet in mississippi. and just like in georgia where you know, there s such a low