The question I’d have, however, is who really was to blame for the runoff electioneering to the Democrats. Did the doddering Thad ask for this or have some knowledge in advance? I get the sense that he is a kind of puppet now.
In my opinion the Barbour crime family handed the black political activists a bunch of cash (and promises to be paid at a later date) and said, “we know nothing, get at it.” But the Barbours are well versed in Mississippi racial politics. They knew exactly what these activists were going to do. But could use plausible deniability.