going there tells me that white house aides and the people who are on the president s 2020 campaign are looking at that race, looking at that state and saying his presence is a good thing for this state and the race. as a result this will be admonish raciallyized. i would not be surprised if the president went there and started joking she had a couple of gaffes, who cares this woman needs to represent mississippi. that s not a surprising aspect. it goes back to yes black people should vote as white people should vote. i don t want to misrepresent the argument. he was saying white people need to be allies as well. to michael steele s point there s a difference between roy moore and hyde-smith. but i think the broad point is these became, both these races became about something larger than the respective candidates and their positions on the various issues.
have. that has given the state another black eye that they don t need. we don t need anymore. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us now from near mar a lago. sarah, what message will the president be sending when he goes to mississippi? fred, president trump and his political team have sought to take credit for the gop s relatively strong showing in senate races in the mid-terms and looking to add one more victory by having the president throw his weight behind the republican candidate running in this year s final senate race. hyde smith is a controversial candidate and he has said and done things that is starting to draw national attention to the run off that should be an easy win for republicans, given how deeply red mississippi is.
this is something that for decades and decades and decades we wanted to see, van jones, jared kushner, republican congressman doug collins got in a room and said let s make this a reality. it is up to democrats, republicans in congress to make this the key goal that can pass through congress, you rarely see bipartisan reform, certainly not on a significant the basis as criminal justice reform. this could happen. it is a big deal. rob: let s talk about the final senate runoff race. after what we saw in alabama you have to be nervous about having all of this in red mississippi. it is close but when you combine what two republicans won prior to the runoff, 58% of the votes. cindy hyde smith will win this. we don t take any seat for granted but on november 27th i believe cindy hyde smith will be the senator from mississippi. a big race, it is important and