US Politics
The Cynical Crusade Against Bennie Thompson: Poverty as a Pretext for Partisan Purges in Mississippi
Mississippi's Republican State Auditor, Shad White, is advocating for redistricting to unseat the state's only Black congressman, Bennie Thompson, ostensibly due to the district's persistent poverty. This thinly-veiled partisan attack, exploiting a recent Supreme Court ruling to target a prominent critic of Donald Trump, is a chilling assault on democratic representation and the voting strength of Black Mississippians.
