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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 8:57pm
This Runoff Is Bigger Than Mike Espy
Indeed, Mike Espy is the top name on top of the ballot, but this runoff is bigger than him. Black people make up 37 percent of Mississippi, the highest percentage of black people of any state in the union. There is a perception that Mississippi is a red state so unattainable for Democrats that there is no point in trying. I’ve been talking to dozens of black people here in the state who take exception to that lack of optimism.
Black activists on the ground who are grounded in the work of Fannie Lou Hamer all say that the reason why Mississippi is so red is because not enough people are willing to fight to make it blue.
One of the people who is working to make that happen is LaTosha Brown, who I interviewed for The Root.
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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 9:44pm
Just as people who are Muslim are asked to go to Mecca at least once in their lives, I think that every black person should go to Mississippi at least once in their lives. This is the blackest state in America.
Not just because of the population, but because of the culture. As brutal is white folks have been to black folk down her over the years, there is a powerful history of black resistance here. I’ll be writing more about this tomorrow.
In the meantime, the DJ at this watch party is playin the hits, ya feel me.
Playing now:
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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 8:45pm
Mike Espy’s Watch Party’s At The Mississippi Civil Right’s Museum
7:41 p.m. CST
Greetings from Jackson, Mississippi. We’re at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum, where former congressman and agriculture secretary Mike Espy is hosting his watch party. People are beginning to fill the staging area. What is important to note is that while US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is favored to win, Espy supporters are hoping that Hyde-Smith’s racist statements will sink her shot at keeping the seat she was appointed to in March by Governor Phil Bryant.
The key is Black voter turnout. If enough black voters turnout, Espy has a shot.
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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 10:45pm
Mike Espy is conceding defeat. There are not enough votes to continue fighting for the election, he told the audience here.
He said he is grateful for the support, saying that his campaign built the biggest grassroots campaign in the history of Mississippi. He is telling his supporters her tonight that this is “not a loss, but a movement.”
Espy thanks his wife, Portia, who he said, “did a lot.”
He said that the young people need to believe that a new Mississippi is possible.
“We want Mike,” his supporters are shouting. “We want Mike.”
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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 10:05pm
Hyde-Smith has a 12 point lead over Espy with more than 60 percent of the vote in so far.
Much of the Delta and other black counties are still out, so there is a sliver of hope. But the mood at the party is a bit sober. Optimistic, but still sober.
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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 9:33pm
Per POLITICO, US Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith is leading 55.3 percent over Mike Espy, who has 44.7 percent of the vote.
36.2 percent of the vote is in.
This is not a surprise, but the night is still very young. Espy is still in the hunt.
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Terrell Jermaine StarrTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 10:39pm
With 80 percent of the vote in, the Associate Press has called the US Senate runoff for Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Mike Espy is getting ready to speak now.
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KCJTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 10:22pm
We will update you on the electio- Hyde-Smith wins! This is a lesson. Espy did not want this to be about her racist shit. The man wanted to get things done. No issues were discussed. She played it perfectly. Closed off debate and yet what does the media show on an endless loop ? During A debate that basically nobody was invited to? What video was shown? Her apology. The man had no chance. Bullshit , all bullshit. Good job guys.
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  BadOmbreKCJ
  11/28/18 3:42am
  I think many of us realized and were saying from the minute she made that hanging remark, and if the race turned into a referendum on race in Mississippi, then he would for sure be doomed.
  I’m not sure he could have won anyway, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to win it with the media obsessing on her racism in Mississippi. Hell, he’d have even been better off if the issue would have been her love of Trump, and white people fucking love that dude in Mississippi.
  Look, like I said, I’m not sure that there was anyway he could have won in 2018. Let’s be clear, if Roy Moore had been running in Mississippi instead of Alabama, he likely would have won last year. That said, I do believe there will be a day we’ll break through.
  But I just can’t get over the naivety by so many people in American in 2018 that anyone thought this was a competitive race. In a nation with a shit-ton of racial voting, Mississippi may very well be the most racially divided when it comes to voting. This is not a rant that we shouldn’t try and try hard to win every race in the country. But it is an admonishment to not sell people a bill of goods when reporting on stories like this.
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  KCJBadOmbre
  11/28/18 8:53am
  Best comment I’ve read in a long time. You need to be cloned. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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BadOmbreTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 9:15pm
Espy, a former congressman and agriculture secretary, wasn’t expected to earn enough votes during the midterm elections, let alone make it to a runoff.
BTW, this is definitely not true, especially after Chris McDaniel split off some of the GOP vote. There was even talk that Espy might even end up coming first place; McDaniel ended up getting less of the vote than some people had imagined.
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BadOmbreTerrell Jermaine Starr
11/27/18 8:46pm
But why, tho? Why are people setting themselves up for disappointment like this?
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