Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) called the June runoff election in which he lost to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) the most “unethical election in the history” of Mississippi.
“Let’s make it very clear today,” McDaniel said at a “freedom rally” event on July 5, flagged by Buzzfeed. “After what we saw the other night, which is clearly the most unethical election in the history of this state and might — and might — very well be the most illegal election in the history of this state. We will let the word go forth from this time and place to friend and for alike. The people of this state will do anything to preserve the torch of liberty. We will bear any burden, fight any foe, to make sure that corruption is finally rooted out of the election process in this state.”
McDaniel’s comments came weeks after the runoff of the Republican primary for U.S. Senate between him and Cochran, a race McDaniel has refused to concede even though Cochan was certified by the Mississippi Republican party as the nominee on Monday. McDaniel and his supporters have accused the Cochran campaign of conducting foul play to win the runoff, particularly through courting Democrats and African-American voters.
But as Buzzfeed notes, McDaniel’s claim that the election was the most “unethical” and possibly the most “illegal” in Mississippi history might be a bit of a stretch. For instance, in 1875, Mississippi Democrats came up with a plan to oust Republicans in the state by using violence against African-Americans and making economic threats against black sharecroppers.
And then in 1890, Mississippi had a constitutional convention to make sure poll taxes and literacy tests were in the state constitution to stop blacks from voting.
Video of McDaniel’s comments, via Buzzfeed, is below:
No, what we’re seeing is the sorest loser in Mississippi history. Dude, you lost. Get over it.
Outside of the bubble, your brand of Tea Party extremism scares the crap out of people, and this vote reflects that.
Then there is this, from 6 yrs ago.
From 2008:
RUSH: Operation Chaos. What did that black website name this yesterday? I’m having a mental block. The Rush Vote. Listen to this. This is from somebody by the name of John K. Wilson at the Huffington Post today. Headline:
"Mississippi, ‘Limbaugh Effect’ Softens Blow for Hillary Clinton –
Hillary Clinton suffered a huge defeat last night in Mississippi, and now faces an insurmountable pledged delegate lead by Barack Obama. But what most pundits missed was the fact that Obama’s victory would have been even more overwhelming in Mississippi (and he might have won the popular vote in Texas) if not for the ‘Limbaugh Effect’: Republicans voting in the Democratic primary in order to undermine Barack Obama and help John McCain. … In the voting during January and February, Republicans were an average of 3.8% of the voters in the Democratic Primary, and they heavily supported Obama. But for the primaries in March, in Texas, Ohio, and Mississippi, Republicans have been 8% of the voters in the Democratic primary, and now they heavily support Hillary Clinton. This is definite proof of the ‘Limbaugh Effect’ coming through."
McDaniel’s campaign is one of no surrender – to the truth. He also conveniently forgot about 90 years of Mississippi history (although the aspect of racial bigotry and voter suppression was by no means unique to the Magnolia State during that time period.)
So it is written. So it shall be done.
Well certainly does not know much about the history of his own state does he? He lost and he can’t face that realtiy. All the rest is just noise for feed the hungry idiotic base. Get a life pal!