Corruption & Secrecy | Mississippi
Hyde-Smith Pushes Livestock Legislation Despite Conflict of Interest
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is a cattle farmer by trade, and she is hoping that playing up her agricultural background in a rural state will pay off in next week’s special election runoff. But in her elected roles, it was the other way around, as she used her political offices -- first as state senator, then state agriculture commissioner and now as U.S. senator -- to boost her ag interests and supporters in the industry, according to a review of her financial disclosures and the legislative record.
Accountability | Mississippi
Top Hyde-Smith Aide Called Out Trump’s Lack of Substance and ‘Hateful’ Rhetoric
A top campaign official for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has been highly critical of Donald Trump’s style and substance, or lack thereof, illustrating the struggle for some Republicans — even in a conservative bastion like Mississippi — to embrace the man who now defines their party.
Accountability | Mississippi
In State with Bloodiest Lynching History, Hyde-Smith Says She Would Attend ‘Public Hanging’
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., who represents the state with the highest number of lynchings during the Jim Crow era, said earlier this month that she would be more than happy to attend a “public hanging” if a prominent supporter invited her.
Accountability | Washington
McMorris Rodgers Won’t Condemn High-Profile Supporter Whose Manifesto Calls for Religious Killing
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., has refused to condemn a prominent supporter even after he admitted to writing and spreading an extremist manifesto that called on fellow conservative Christians to “kill all males” of groups who refused to follow biblical law.
Accountability | Texas
Shady Trump Donors Maxed Out Contributions to One Candidate: Pete Sessions
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Texas, is the only congressional candidate who has received donations from both of the Ukraine-linked businessmen who were accused of illegally laundering $300,000 to a pro-Trump super PAC, according to campaign-finance records.
Accountability | Kansas
Yoder Spent $150K on Booze, Parties in Washington
Since 2011, Rep. Kevin Yoder's leadership PAC has spent more than $150,000 on parties, baseball games and dinners for his friends and donors in Washington, an analysis of campaign-finance reports showed.
Accountability | Tennessee
Major Donor to Blackburn Accused in Migrant Toddler’s Death
Since reports of migrant children being separated from adults at the border sparked outrage this year, Rep. Marsha Blackburn dug in, defending President Donald Trump’s heated rhetoric about a caravan of Central Americans and has taken thousands of dollars from a company accused of negligence in the death of a migrant toddler who had been held in a detention facility.