It has been just over two weeks since Republican racist Mississippi Representative Cindy Hyde-Smith joked about attending a “public hanging” while at a campaign stop alongside fellow Mississippi Republican racist Governor Phil Bryant. Since then, Popular Information has been examining Hyde-Smith’s campaign filings with the Federal Election Commission to see who is giving this monster money. Last week it was revealed that Google had donated $5,000 to her campaign—seemingly a day after Hyde-Smith’s terrible comments were made. Earlier today it was reported that Hyde-Smith’s campaign received $2,700 from openly white supremacist Washington state businessman Peter Zieve. This, of course, is not surprising, as white supremacists love white supremacists. Now Popular Information is reporting that almost a full two weeks after Hyde-Smith’s statements were reported, retail monster Walmart decided the coast was clear to give her a little blood money.
Hyde-Smith’s remarks hasn’t [sic] dissuaded Walmart from contributing to her campaign. She faces Democrat Mike Espy in a runoff election on November 27, and an FEC filing on Monday revealed that Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, has contributed $2000 to the effort.
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Hyde-Smith also received contributions on November 18 from defense contractor Leidos ($5000), railroad company Union Pacific ($5000), manufacturer Boston Scientific ($2500), and steelmaker Nucor ($2000).
For its part, Google said in a statement that it had made its contribution a day earlier than the FEC filing said, and had not learned about the statements by Cindy “Lynching is a funny topic in Mississippi” Hyde-Smith. While this reasoning doesn’t excuse Google’s support of a clearly racist candidate for office, it gives it an excuse for handing her cash right after she says a verifiable, easy-to-understand-as-racist thing in front of other human beings. Walmart’s excuse, which it hasn’t given yet, seems to be … it waited a couple of weeks and it supports racism.
Democrat Mike Espy is facing this bigot in a November 27 runoff. Go here to make calls for him.
