Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
Nothing to See Here
The Wall Street Journal reports on a 10-minute clip from a radio show in late-2006 or early 2007 featuring Mississippi U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel (R) in which he riffs on reparations for slavery, immigration and what it would be like to live in Mexico.
Listen to the clip and you’ll instantly know why Democrats would love for him to beat Sen. Thad Cochran (R) in the GOP primary.
Here’s the clip:
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