Trump Heading to Mississippi to Give Hyde-Smith a Runoff Boost

rollcall ^ | November 17, 2018

[SMGFan]

resident Donald Trump will make an eleventh-hour attempt to keep a Mississippi Senate seat in Republican hands later this month when he headlines two rallies there the day before a runoff election.

His campaign organization announced Saturday the president will hold two rallies on Nov. 26 on behalf of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. He will be in Tupelo at 5 p.m. and then in Biloxi three hours later.

Hyde-Smith faces former Democratic Rep. Mike Espy in the special election runoff after neither cleared 50 percent in the Nov. 6 jungle primary, which saw two Republicans and two Democrats run together on the same ballot. Hyde-Smith was appointed to the seat in April after GOP Sen. Thad Cochran resigned over health reasons. The special election winner gets to serve out the final two years of Cochran’s term.

[gibsonguy]

Mitch does not know or care how conduct war. He should offer Manchin something big like a committee chair to get him to switch. Then punish Murkowski for her betrayal. If she doesn’t like it too bad.

[Hotmetal]

Well, I’ll be going to Tupelo that day and hope I get in.

[Yosemitest]

Trump made a mistake ... backing the 'Thad Cochran' CLONE.
Cindy Hyde-Smith VOTES MORE WITH CHUCK SCHUMER than she votes with Trump.
Whoever convinced Trump to support her was Trump's enemy and stabbed him in the back !

Trump should have backed Chris McDaniel, but that's water under the bridge now.
So ... I don't give a damn who wins that seat !

Read her votes again and see what I'm talking about.

Key Vote Description

Legislator Score / Vote

2018: 115th Congress 46%

• 7: Co-Sponsors of the CREATES Act, S. 974✘ Nay

  Key Vote 7: Co-Sponsors of the CREATES Act, S. 974

  The CREATES Act would grant relief in court for generic and biosimilar competitors seeking FDA approval. This would clear the pathway for new drugs to enter the market, drastically reducing prices through increased competition. The cost savings stemming from this legislation could reach between 15 percent and 50 percent of current prices for impacted drugs. Should Leader McConnell bring this bill to the floor, FreedomWorks will substitute the cosponsor key vote for the roll call vote. Should Leader McConnell bring this bill to the floor, FreedomWorks will substitute the cosponsor key vote for the roll call vote.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 8: Co-Sponsors of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, S. 21✔ Yea

  Key Vote 8: Co-Sponsors of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, S. 21

  The REINS Act would require congressional approval for economically significant rules promulgated by federal regulatory agencies. Under the REINS Act, the House and Senate would have to vote on a proposed rule and the president would have to sign it before enforcement of the rule can begin. The bill would give Congress 70 days to pass a resolution to approve a rule. If a resolution is not passed, the rule cannot take effect. Should Leader McConnell bring this bill to the floor, FreedomWorks will substitute the cosponsor key vote for the roll call vote.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 10: Co-Sponsors of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 1917✘ Nay

  Key Vote 10: Co-Sponsors of the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act, S. 1917

  SRCA would provide a a comprehensive solution to the myriad of problems marring the federal criminal justice system by offering a three-faceted approach: front-end sentencing reform, back-end corrections reform, and a commission created to study the criminal justice system. These reforms, proven effective at the state level to reducing recidivism, lowering crime, and saving taxpayer dollars can and should be applied to the federal justice system. Should Leader McConnell bring this bill to the floor, FreedomWorks will substitute the cosponsor key vote for the roll call vote.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 11: Co-Sponsor of the Earmark Elimination Act, S. 2330✘ Nay

  Key Vote 11: Co-Sponsor of the Earmark Elimination Act, S. 2330

  The Earmark Elimination Act would make permanent the temporary moratorium on congressional earmarks put into effect in 2010 by creating a point of order against any provision within a bill that matches the definition of an earmark, and when raised would be stricken absent a two-thirds majority to override. Should Leader McConnell bring this bill to the floor, FreedomWorks will substitute the cosponsor key vote for the roll call vote.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 14: On the Nomination: Jim Bridenstine to be NASA Administrator✔ Yea

  Key Vote 14: On the Nomination: Jim Bridenstine to be NASA Administrator

  Roll Call 80Array

  Between his time as an aviator in the United States Navy, his firsthand experience serving as the executive director of the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium, and his work in Congress, Bridenstine is extraordinarily qualified for the role of NASA administrator. In this role at NASA, Bridenstine will have the ability to bring much-needed reform to the agency, implementing the same principles of free markets and government efficiency that he tirelessly fought for in Congress. Serving on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Bridenstine became a champion of issues pertaining to air and space exploration.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 15: On the Joint Resolution: Indirect Auto Lending CRA Resolution of Disapproval, S.J.Res. 57✔ Yea

  Key Vote 15: On the Joint Resolution: Indirect Auto Lending CRA Resolution of Disapproval, S.J.Res. 57

  Roll Call 76Array

  The passage of this CRA would do nothing to change the prohibition against discrimination in the Equal Credit Opportunity Act that the guidance cites. It would simply roll back the gross regulatory overreach of the CFPB in claiming for itself -- behind closed doors and a screen of smoke -- a power that Congress, in the law that created the CFPB, explicitly banned the CFPB from having. As Sen. Moran said, the CFPB “had to work its magic to find a way to regulate auto dealers.” Good governing is done through accountable and transparent processes, not magic.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 16: On the Motion to Proceed: Resolution of Disapproval on Restoring Internet Freedom, S.J.Res 52✔ Nay

  Key Vote 16: On the Motion to Proceed: Resolution of Disapproval on Restoring Internet Freedom, S.J.Res 52

  Roll Call 96Array

  S.J.Res. 52 would undo the Restoring Internet Freedom Order and reinstate the Obama administration’s Internet red tape. This will hurt tech companies, as well as consumers. Internet access is becoming vital to commerce, and many Americans still lack connectivity. In order to get service to these most vulnerable parts of the country, we need an Internet free of the meddling hand of government, so it can innovate and expand as it did for so many years before the Obama-era regulations took effect.

  "Nay" votes scored.
• 17: On the Joint Resolution of Disapproval on Restoring Internet Freedom, S.J.Res. 52✔ Nay

  Key Vote 17: On the Joint Resolution of Disapproval on Restoring Internet Freedom, S.J.Res. 52

  Roll Call 97Array

  S.J.Res. 52 would undo the Restoring Internet Freedom Order and reinstate the Obama administration’s Internet red tape. This will hurt tech companies, as well as consumers. Internet access is becoming vital to commerce, and many Americans still lack connectivity. In order to get service to these most vulnerable parts of the country, we need an Internet free of the meddling hand of government, so it can innovate and expand as it did for so many years before the Obama-era regulations took effect.

  "Nay" votes scored. Double Score
• 18: On the Motion to Proceed: Penny Plan Balanced Budget, S.Con.Res. 36✘ Nay

  Key Vote 18: On the Motion to Proceed: Penny Plan Balanced Budget, S.Con.Res. 36

  Roll Call 99Array

  Sen. Paul’s resolution would balance the federal budget in five years by assuming the repeal of the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act and from there cutting total outlays by one penny for every dollar spent, continuing for the next five years. At this point, the budget would be fully balanced and spending would be allowed to grow at one percent thereafter. Doing so would reduce spending by $404.8 billion in fiscal year 2019 and by $13.35 trillion over ten years relative to the baseline under current law.

  "Yea" votes scored. Triple Score
• 19: On the Cloture Motion: Toomey Foreign Investment Amendment to H.R. 5515✔ Yea

  Key Vote 19: On the Cloture Motion: Toomey Foreign Investment Amendment to H.R. 5515

  Roll Call 123Array

  Sen. Toomey’s amendment would apply the principles of the REINS Act to CFIUS to make sure Congress has a final say on these regulations. This will mean that only regulations that try to address truly predatory behavior will pass, while those that are unnecessary and anti-market will be stopped from taking effect. This was the intent of Congress when it authorized CFIUS and it should not abandon its ability to set policy in this way. Sen. Toomey’s amendment gives Congress this oversight.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 20: On the Motion to Discharge: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H.R. 3✔ Yea

  Key Vote 20: On the Motion to Discharge: Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, H.R. 3

  Roll Call 134Array

  Approving this initial $15 billion rescissions request in full -- pulling back funds sitting in useless accounts that can only otherwise be used to spend more in the future -- is a task that conservatives in Congress should wholeheartedly endorse. It is one of few opportunities to exercise any semblance of fiscal discipline. It is only one small step towards actually tackling Washington’s out-of-control spending addiction, but it represents a chance to begin this fight.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 21: On the Motion to Table the Lee Amendment to H.R. 5515✘ Yea

  Key Vote 21: On the Motion to Table the Lee Amendment to H.R. 5515

  Roll Call 122Array

  The Lee Amendment ensures that if the government wishes to making any such detention, that it have clear authorization to do so. The entire text of the Lee Amendment is consistent with the Constitution and with the prior Supreme Court cases that govern this issue. This amendment is narrow in scope, and will not hinder our counterterrorism efforts. This is merely to strengthen American citizens’ constitutional protections. The motion to table would kill this important provision.

  "Nay" votes scored.
• 22: On the Motion to Table Lee-Cruz Amendment to the Farm Bill, H.R. 2✔ Nay

  Key Vote 22: On the Motion to Table Lee-Cruz Amendment to the Farm Bill, H.R. 2

  Roll Call 141Array

  This amendment would add work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. The Senate stripped out this pro-work provision from their version of the Farm Bill. Work requirements are important for helping people rise out of welfare and becoming independent of government assistance. A vote to table the Lee-Cruz Amendment would prevent them from being added back in to the Senate text.

  "Nay" votes scored.
• 23: On the Motion to Instruct on H.R. 5895 to Enhance Trade Oversight✘ Nay

  Key Vote 23: On the Motion to Instruct on H.R. 5895 to Enhance Trade Oversight

  Roll Call 151Array

  The motion to instruct simply states: “[M]anagers on the part of the Senate at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the Senate amendment to the bill H.R. 5895 be instructed to include language providing a role for Congress in making a determination under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862).”

  The administration has misused Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to unilaterally impose tariffs – which are taxes – for purposes unrelated to national security. These tariffs threaten American consumers with higher prices and American businesses with retaliatory tariffs imposed by our trading partners.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 24: On Passage of the Farm Bill, H.R. 2✘ Yea

  Key Vote 24: On Passage of the Farm Bill, H.R. 2

  Roll Call 143Array

  This bill makes no effort to reduce dependence on subsidies from the federal government. These subsidies tend to prop up particular crops at the expense of others. Under the last Farm Bill, 94 percent of subsidies went to only six crops. However, those six crops only accounted for 28 percent of production. This is not to mention the fact that one-third of subsidies would go to “farmers” who have a median net worth of $3.8 million. The Farm Bill is one of our nations clearest examples of cronyism for special interests, and the version produced by the Senate continues that tradition, with no attempt at reform.

  "Nay" votes scored.
• 25: On the Paul Amendment to H.R. 6147 ✘ Nay

  Key Vote 25: On the Paul Amendment to H.R. 6147

  Roll Call 171Array

  This amendment, sponsored by sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would reduce appropriations in the minibus by 11.39% across the board. This would result in cuts of $17.5 billion and would bring spending in line with the budget caps in place before passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act. Given that we are rapidly approaching a trillion dollar deficit, this is a necessary step to reining in government spending.

  "Yea" votes scored. Double Score
• 26: On the Motion to Extend the National Flood Insurance Program✘ Yea

  Key Vote 26: On the Motion to Extend the National Flood Insurance Program

  Roll Call 173S. 1182

  The amendment would provide for a clean reauthorization without reforms, despite consistent efforts by fiscally-conscious members to modify the program, which is over $20 billion in debt. This is more of the same pattern seen all too often in Congress -- Leadership unwilling to support even the most modest reforms to fiscally irresponsible, flawed programs. With NFIP, only 3 of the 41 reauthorizations in the past 20 years have included any reforms.

  "Nay" votes scored.
• 27: On the Motion to Table the Cruz Amendment to H.R. 6147✔ Nay

  Key Vote 27: On the Motion to Table the Cruz Amendment to H.R. 6147

  Roll Call 179Array

  This amendment would prohibit funds from being used to carry out the District of Columbia’s recently-passed Health Insurance Requirement Act. The D.C. mandate states that a “taxpayer who fails to pay the District of Columbia shared responsibility payment imposed...shall be subject to all collection, enforcement, and administrative provisions applicable to unpaid taxes or fees, as provided in Chapter 18, Chapter 41, Chapter 42, Chapter 43, and Chapter 44 of this title.” When dissected fully, this includes levying and seizing property, or even imprisoning individuals for choosing not to purchase health insurance.

  "Nay" votes scored.
• 28: On the Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court✔ Yea

  Key Vote 28: On the Nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court

  Roll Call 223Array

  When it comes more broadly to the rampant expansion of the unconstitutional regulatory state, Judge Kavanaugh is perhaps second to none in standing up for the Constitution. According to Kavanaugh, if Congress hasn’t yet opined on a matter of deep economic significance, any regulation relating to that matter should be presumed unconstitutional. He recognizes that lawmaking, under Article I of the Constitution, was delegated to Congress, not unelected executive branch bureaucrats.

  "Yea" votes scored.
• 29: On the Conference Report to H.R. 6157✘ Yea

  Key Vote 29: On the Conference Report to H.R. 6157

  Roll Call 212Array

  H.R. 6157 is more of the same profligate spending resulting from a broken budget process and members unwilling to stand up for their campaign promises of shrinking government and reducing spending. The bill appropriates $33 billion more for Defense than the FY 2018 omnibus and $16 billion more for Labor/HHS. It also includes a CR until December 7, setting up votes on a spending package during the lame-duck session that will almost certainly be packed with last-minute giveaways to special interests.

  "Nay" votes scored.
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[SMGFan]

well, I am not MS . She is better than Espy

[Yosemitest]

Correction with the link fixed:

View scorecard »

[Yosemitest]

I seriously doubt that !
She's a LIAR and you cannot depend on her, PERIOD !
She won't debate, and she won;'t answer questions about her past record.

Do NOT forget :
"... In 2008 when Hillary ran for President against Barack Obama, in a barnburner of a campaign that went down to the wire, Cindy Hyde-Smith, the “lifelong conservative,” supported Hillary.
That’s because she was a Democrat, only switching parties in 2010 to run for statewide office.
She has also been dishonest about it during the campaign. ...

... Lifelong conservatives don’t support Hillary Clinton. Period.

Of course, we do know where Cindy Hyde-Smith is very much like Hillary Rodham Clinton:
Her PAC was handed $250,000 by one of Hillary’s top fundraisers
and she has supported gun control efforts in the past,
which is a signature issue for the Clintons.

... there are major issues she left out, probably on purpose.
There is no mention of illegal aliens, amnesty, ICE, or the border wall.
Immigration is the single biggest issue of our time.
Fail to reform it and it’s all over.
Furthermore, there was no mention of Trump’s trade policy, entitlement reform, or structural reform within the federal government, like scaling back the out-of-control judiciary, abolishing the Department of Education, or instituting term limits for Congress.

Did she not want to anger the US Chamber ?
Is that why these issues were left off the table ?
With millions of dollars in ads coming from the Chamber for her campaign, you bet she doesn’t want to anger them.
She’s their girl.

... She has no plan to balance the budget, reduce regulations, or grow the economy, issues you will find in Chris McDaniel’s “Contract with Mississippi.”
He boldly signed onto Rand Paul’s “penny plan” and spelled out his ideas on other major issues facing Mississippi and the nation.
McDaniel doesn’t care if the Chamber hates him.
He’s for the people of Mississippi.

But not Cindy Hyde-Smith.
She not only voted against the “penny plan” to balance the budget,
she ridiculed it, siding with the Establishment in denouncing it as a political stunt and sideshow.
This is the same silly rhetoric we heard from Thad Cochran.
If Cindy Hyde-Smith can’t agree to cut one percent from the federal budget every year until it is balanced,
then she is not serious about balancing the budget.

Say what you will, but the facts are beyond dispute.
Chris McDaniel was the only true conservative in the special election for US Senate
and the only one willing to stand up for real solutions to real problems.
He’s for Mississippi,
not the Chamber of Commerce. ..."

[Hotmetal]

I agree with you, I won’t be going to see CHS, I’ll be going to see The President.

[Maine Mariner]

Either late last year or earlier this year Cramer decided not to challenge Heitkamp most likely insuring her reelection. President Trump convinced him to run and campaigned actively for him: now it is Senator Cramer!

[SMGFan]

then I want her elected but I fear the times she will vote with the Democrats. Fortunately she faces another primary in 2020. Hope McDaniel gets Trump’s support if Hyde-Smith is a failure as you suggest.

[Yosemitest]

I hope so to, but I will NOT vote for her.
Maybe someone can get to Trump and show him ALL of the FACTS and ALL of Cindy Hyde-Smith's votes.

Why he backed someone who votes against him MOST of the time, ...

...well it's beyond me !

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Folks do you know why Martha McSally lost her senate seat run in Arizona? I’ll tell you why...it was not the Democrat nutcase that beat McSally...it was “Republicans”, Joe Arpaio & Kelly Ward that did in McSally, Had Arpaio & Ward openly and fully backed McSally...Ms. McSally would have politically slaughtered her Democrat opponent, and POTUS, Trump would have had another GOP seat in the senate.

And ditto for Corey Stewart running against that total loser Democrat moron, Tim Kaine. The GOP (E) Trump haters sat on their hands and just let Stewart get beat. And...add another ditto for the race in NJ that criminal Democrat Bob Menedez won. The GOP could have taken that seat easily...if they all stuck together.

You folks in the great state of Mississippi best stop listening to the “sore loser” blabber coming out of the mouths of Chris Daniels supporters. Daniels came in a weak third in the GOP primary.

Now..I like Chris Daniels but he lost his primary. Case closed.

Your upcoming runoff race is just between two (2) people Democrat, Mike Espy & Republican, Cindy Hyde-Smith...no one else. That’s the game. We either take the seat by supporting and voting for Cindy Hyde-Smith or, we stay home and let the useless Democrat, Mike Espy capture A sure GOP seat. You folks are nuts if you let this “in-the-bag seat” slip, away because you did not get the flavor lollypop you wanted. The object here is to support POTUS, Trump and build our majority in the Senate!!!

Trump is supporting Hyde-Smith 100%. That is good enough for me. and...it should be “Trump” marching orders for every registered Republican in the state of Mississippi.

Enough of this squabbling BS!!! Every legal, registered, voter, regardless of their political slant, needs to cast their vote for Cindy Hyde-Smith on Tuesday, November 27, 2018....PERIOD!!! Folks...we need that Senate seat!!! Do not let it slip away for idiotic reasons!!!

[Yosemitest]

Oh, BULL !

The DemocRATS pulled the same FRAUD in Arizona as they did in Florida.

Read this from Florida :

Unaltered Document:

Altered Document:

Let's read the article AGAIN:

... The altered forms surfaced in Broward, Santa Rosa, Citrus and Okaloosa counties and were reported to federal prosecutors to review for possible election fraud as Florida counties completed a required recount in three top races.

But an email obtained by the USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida shows that Florida Democrats were organizing a broader statewide effort beyond those counties to give voters the altered forms to fix improper absentee ballots AFTER the Nov. 5 deadline.
Democratic party leaders provided staffers with copies of a form, known as a "cure affidavit," that had been modified to include an inaccurate Nov. 8 deadline.

One Palm Beach Democratic activist said in an interview the idea was
to have voters fix and submit as many absentee ballots as possible with the altered forms
in hopes of later including them in vote totals if a judge ruled such ballots were allowed.
...

An email that Jennifer Kim, Florida Democratic Party’s central deputy field director, sent Nov. 7 to party workers instructing them
how to give voters an altered form to fix signature problems with their absentee ballots after the state deadline.
Kim’s email shows this is a statewide effort to give voters the altered form with the wrong deadline to return it.
The altered forms have turned up in several counties and have been turned over to federal prosecutors to review for possible election fraud.

... State Democratic Party Chair Terrie Rizzo wrote on a private Facebook page
that efforts to fix ballots should be focused on provisional ballots, which were handled separately with a Nov. 8 deadline for voters to fix any issues.

"Hi all. Once again, to clarify: the activity taking place today is for provisional ballots.
Not absentee ballots," Rizzo's note read.

... It is not clear how many altered forms were sent across the state, but Kim's email outlined a step-by-step process for volunteers and staffers to follow
in order to get as many voters as possible to submit the altered form three days AFTER the deadline.

“The voters MUST print out the form and sign it by hand,” Kim wrote in the email that attached copies of the altered forms in both English and Spanish.
The email also included a sheet with the contact information of all election supervisors in the state.

The document Kim attached to her email was an altered state form to fix an absentee ballot with signature problems.
The altered form modified the original state document
by replacing the deadline identified as
"no later than 5 p.m. on the day before the election"
with a new deadline "no later than 5 p.m. Thursday Nov. 8."

Kim's email instructed staff and volunteers
to use the list of voters to contact about their signature problems on the absentee ballots,
to complete the form on the phone with the voter
and to email the completed form to the voter.

The voter was instructed to print the form and to sign it.
And Kim's email instructed the party workers to tell voters
to deliver the signed form to their local election office.

Kim told staffers that voters should reply back to them AFTER they delivered the forms at the party's email, vote@floridadems.org.
That email was also included in documents Florida election officials referred to federal prosecutors in connection to the altered forms received by Broward and the other three counties.

“If needed (party) staff or volunteer should go pick up their affidavit and deliver it for them if they are not able to deliver by 5 p.m. Thursday.
(Each office should identify a runner that can do this.),” her email states.

“We will also follow with a tracking system for people who we send affidavits," Kim told staffers.

Pam Keith, a Palm Beach County Democratic activist, came under fire Wednesday after Republicans circulated a screenshot of a Nov. 7 deleted tweet
she sent to about 22,000 of her Twitter followers,
encouraging people to fix their absentee ballots two days after the state-mandated deadline.

Keith told the USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida that she was aware the deadline to submit "cure affidavits" had expired
but she told people there was still time to fix their absentee ballots.
She then directed voters to email Katharine Priegues, a field organizer with the Florida Democratic Party,
with the subject line "I want to help" for instructions on what to do.


"I was trying to show that if given notice, voters would try to fix their ballots," Keith said.
"I was putting the word out because I was anticipating a challenge of that deadline (in court)."

... Federal law defines election fraud to include
preventing voters from participating in a federal election
"through such tactics as disseminating false information"
about the race, as outlined in an Oct. 25 letter to the state department by Assistant U.S. Attorney Harry C. Wallace in Miami.

Wallace, who is handling federal election complaints in Florida, declined to comment when contacted about an investigation into the altered forms.

“Making or using an altered form is a criminal offense under Florida law,” wrote Bradley McVay, the state department’s lawyer, when he referred the altered forms circulated in Broward and three other counties to federal prosecutors.
“More fundamentally, altering a form in a manner that provides the incorrect date for a voter to cure a defect
(or an incorrect method as it related to provisional ballots)
imposes a burden on the voter significant enough to frustrate the voter’s ability to vote.”

IF we really want to combat this FRAUD,
then we must prosecute these criminals,
and PUNISH THEM with fines and jail time
to the MAXIMUM EXTENT OF THE LAW !

[Sybeck1]

This is in Bryant’s lap. After 2014 He had an opportunity to nominate a candidate that would United all sides. I don’t know what she is

[Impy]

According to your link. She voted against “Freedom works” preferred position most of the time, “Freedom works” isn’t “Trump”. Her “Trump Score” of voting with the President’s official position is actually 100%.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/

Freedomworks is a libertarian conservative group and their scorecard measures conservative purity (according to their own measure) and that’s a fine thing.

But a low score from them does not mean that Republican in question is not a loyal Republican, it means they don’t vote with a minority of Senators on conservative amendments to bills that have no hope of passing anyway. Hyde-Smith didn’t cast a single important vote “with the democrats”.

And McDaniels is a loser who would have had great chance of losing the seat to a Black democrat, so that’s why Trump backed her. Trump was super duper correct in backing Strange over Roy Moore and you outta listen to him.

In any case, McDaniels came in a very poor third and is done, MS voters emphatically rejected him. What you have now is binary choice between someone who voted for Kavanaugh and a Black Lives Matter Black democrat who would vote 100% wrong. The time for complaining about the primary is over.

IF Hyde-Smith is found to be worthy of a primary challenge in 2020 it should be someone other than McDaniels, if you want them to have any chance to win. After his sore loser behavior he’s finished as a serious contender.

Oprah and Bammy will try to gin up Black turnout for Espy. Any decent person in MS that doesn’t show up and vote for Hyde-Smith is a fool who needs to put stupid emotional attachments to losing candidates aside and think about the Supreme Court.

[nd76]

Don’t forget Kevin Cramer (ND) and Ted Cruz (TX).

[SMGFan]

thank you for that explanation. when I review the ratings of the other senators I understand.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Sorry but the elections result facts tell the entire story. Martha McSally got 200,000 vote less then Republican, Governor, Doug Ducey, Those 200,000 votes were votes withheld by Arpaio & Ward!!! End of story!!!

[octex]

53-47, also gives the Rep side an additional member on each committee instead of only one more than the Dems now.

I think I saw that on TV Friday night. If wrong, correct me.

[Yosemitest]

"McDaniels is a loser who would have had great chance of losing the seat to a Black democrat"

BULL CRAP !
The "ESTABLISHMENT REPUBLICANS" (read THAD COCHRAN CLONE) cannot stand the thought of a TRUE CONSERVATIVE winning.
Chris McDaniel would join Ted Cruz and the rest of the conservatives to DRAIN THE SWAMP.
That's something that BACKSTABBING Cindy Hyde-Smith will NEVER do.

[Yosemitest]

And how many of those 200,000 votes were from LEGAL UNITED STATES CITIZENS THAT ONLY VOTED ONCE ?
Most of those votes were NOT LEGAL, but were provisional votes.