Trump, Biden participate in second and final debate
President Donald Trump and Democrat nominee Joe Biden appeared in Nashville Thursday night for what was the second and final debate of the 2020 Presidential election.
Watch the full debate below.
YP – AG Fitch files SCOTUS brief seeking to clarify states’ pre-viability abortion laws
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has filed a supplemental brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on two recent Circuit Court of Appeals opinions that split on which standard to apply in assessing a state’s pre-viability abortion laws.
In one case, the Fifth Circuit applied a balancing of benefits and burdens from Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstadt (2016), and only three days later the Sixth Circuit applied the undue-burden test from Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992).
“The Supreme Court is more inclined to take a case like our defense of Mississippi’s 15-week law when it provides the opportunity to clarify an issue on which circuits have split,” a spokesman with AG Fitch’s office said Thursday. “We wanted to bring this deepening circuit split to the Court’s attention.“
Gov. Reeves on Biden’s debate comments
Joe Biden’s pledge to end the American oil industry is catastrophic. He was very clear tonight: that is his mission. That’s your jobs, your credit card bill at the pump, and a huge part of Mississippi’s economy. Vote like that’s all on the line, because it is.
— Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) October 23, 2020
YP – Senator Wicker discusses SCOTUS, Big Tech, Election 2020 in Y’all Politics interview
YP – New Hyde-Smith ad says there’s a lot at stake
Cindy Hyde-Smith’s re-election campaign released a new ad Wednesday entitled “A Lot at Stake.”
In the latest ad, Hyde-Smith says, “As your United States Senator, I’ve worked to support law enforcement, rebuild our military, secure our borders, and put conservative judges on our courts. With your vote, I’ll keep fighting for our state and our conservative values.”
The ad says if Mike Espy, Hyde-Smith’s Democrat opponent, is elected and “other liberals take control of the Senate, they’ll put America on a radical path,” from higher taxes to open borders.
YP – Wicker, Hyde-Smith Celebrate Committee Approval of Mississippi Nominees for District Court
U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today hailed committee approval of the nomination of Kristi H. Johnson of Brandon and Taylor B. McNeel of Pascagoula to serve as U.S. District Judges for the Southern District of Mississippi. The Senate Judiciary Committee approval clears their nominations for consideration by the full Senate. The Committee also advanced the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States…
…Wicker and Hyde-Smith introduced Johnson and McNeel at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider their nominations. President Trump selected Johnson in March and McNeel in June.
MSDH COVID-19 report
Today MSDH is reporting 958 more cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi, 8 deaths, and 126 ongoing outbreaks in long-term care facilities. The total of #covid19 cases for the year is now 113,081, with 3,231 deaths. Case details and prevention guidance at https://t.co/QP8mlIMqcd pic.twitter.com/T3RPbFTn1g
— MS Dept of Health (@msdh) October 22, 2020
WTOK – Rep. Michael Guest speaks to Lauderdale Co. Republican Women
Republican Congressman Michael Guest (District 3) made a stop in Meridian Thursday.
He joined the Lauderdale County Republican Women’s group at Weidmann’s for a special luncheon. The group heard from several members of the Republican Party, including representatives from Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith’s campaign.
They discussed the upcoming election and other actions being taken in government.
I’d like to thank the Clarke & Lauderdale County Republican Women’s groups for inviting me to speak at their luncheon today. It’s an honor to join these great Republican leaders and be able to give an update on the PSC and the Trump Campaign in MS. Thank you! pic.twitter.com/9k9sHLoLWu
— Dane Maxwell (@DaneMaxwellMS) October 22, 2020
WLOX – Trinity Walker buys billboards thanking husband for repaying stolen taxpayer money
Several new billboards are sparking controversy and conversations in Ocean Springs.
Trinity Walker, the wife of Scott Walker, bought three billboards in her hometown of Ocean Springs to publicly thank her husband for paying $325,000 of court-order restitution he owed the federal government…
…Scott Walker was ordered to pay $390,000 and serve three years on probation. Walker was removed from the care of his parents’ money earlier this week after a federal judge said he was using their money for his benefit instead of paying his father’s fines.
When asked why she decided to make such a public declaration about her husband’s actions, Trinity Walker said, “We sincerely wanted to get this debt paid back and worked hard for three years to do so. Scott and I sold three personal homes and paid back all owed restitution in an extremely quick timeframe. You’ll never read this in any newspaper article so I felt this was an effective way to have the truth told. We are so happy this chapter in our life is behind us.”