Sanford: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith continues Mississippi’s history of defiance

By Otis Sanford, Daily Memphian Published: November 27, 2018 4:18 PM CT

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Otis Sanford holds the Hardin Chair of Excellence in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis and is the political analyst and commentator for WATN Local 24. Contact him at 901-678-3669 or at o.sanford@memphis.edu. Follow him on Twitter @otissanford.

“Everything is not about race,” Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant boldly proclaimed this week while struggling to defend an indefensible comment from the person he handpicked to be an interim U.S. senator.

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Sanford: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith continues Mississippi’s history of defiance

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