Major League Baseball has requested the return of its $5,000 donation to her campaign.
President Donald Trump has reiterated his support for Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith who continues to face the fallout over racially charged comments she made earlier this month.
In a clip referring to cattle rancher Colin Hutchinson who she was standing next to in Tupelo, Mississippi, Hyde-Smith said “if he invited me to a public hanging, I would be on the front row.”
Hyde-Smith, a Republican, is will run-off against Democrat Mike Espy on Tuesday for her senate seat. Espy has described the comments, uploaded to Facebook as “reprehensible.”
But Trump said that he will be doing two rallies for Hyde-Smith and her praised her in a tweet on Sunday.
Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (L) with US President Donald Trump at Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi, on October 2,2018. She has made racially charged comments which have caused controversy. MANDEL NGAN /AFP
“I will be in Gulfport and Tupelo, Mississippi, on Monday night doing two Rallies for Senator Hyde-Smith, who has a very important Election on Tuesday.
