jewish-american and having holocau holocaust denial. there s a wonderful book out the warmth of another sun. if there s anyone left in america that doesn t know the history of lynching, hard though it is to believe, the public spectacl spectacles, the thousands of people, the people not grown men but whole families, thousands of people who gathered to celebrate the deaths, you grew up in mississippi, you want to serve in the united states senate and you didn t know this history? it is impossible. anyway, mike, i m sorry you have to endure it. cindy hyde-smith may feel no shame but i shame you, ma am. i got to ask you about this, eddie. this story, i didn t want to believe it. it is making headlines and it is yet another example of the deterioration of norms. please look at this picture. a wisconsin school district is investigating after a photo of what appears to be a group of mostly white male students
she said don t turn this into something negative. she brushed it aside. she didn t attempt to apologize. what does it say that she doesn t believe she will pay a political or ethical price? it s as though there s no shame. first of all, she s either incredibly insensitive or she s an idiot. my kids would be thrown out of school. my son would be expelled from school if he suggested something like that. i ve known mike espy my adult life and served in the house with him. first of all, mike, i am so sorry that you and your family have to be part of a discussion where someone would have the audacity to raise lynching. i get upset even saying this. while you re trying to serve your country. it is beyond the pale. i ve tried to think as an italian-american what someone could have said to me that would have been as offensive to me and my family. there isn t anything. it s like being in a race as a