by YP Staff
We interrupt our coverage to bring you this special report.
CUE THE MUSIC! CUE THE MUSIC! (reading the post with this music in the background enhances the experience).
Yesterday, Chris McDaniel became ballotless after filing a letter with the Mississippi Republican Party to have his name removed from the June primary ballot for US Senator. This came hours after the Roger Wicker campaign released a blistering series of ads featuring former supporters/campaign volunteers (who’ve since flipped) and Trump county leaders. McDaniel is now technically not on any ballot (though he obviously still has his federal campaign account) as the Cochran seat is not technically open yet and hence there’s no qualifying available.
What then happened after the day’s events can only be described as “straight #McGOP”.
Unofficial spokesblogger and McDaniel ally-for-life Ryan Walters over at Mississippi/Texas Conservative Monthly went ham on Twitter to defend McDaniel’s honor after the Wicker ads.
Roger Wicker, his campaign staff, and everyone in these ads are pathetic human beings! Let them know what you think: 601-968-5453, info@wickerforsenate.com!!! https://t.co/2xCqXNrScI
— MSConservativeDaily (@MSConDaily) March 28, 2018
.@rogerwicker You are a pathetic excuse for a Senator and a human being! You should be ashamed of yourself! No wonder our country and our state is in such terrible shape! https://t.co/2xCqXNrScI #MSSen #RememberMississippi
— MSConservativeDaily (@MSConDaily) March 28, 2018
.@RogerWicker We graciously backed off of you after @senatormcdaniel made his switch. Now that you’ve chosen to continue attacking, the gloves are off now! We coming everyday until November! Get ready! @msdemocrats
— MSConservativeDaily (@MSConDaily) March 28, 2018
Notice the “we”. Then he made the offer to The Mississippi Democratic Party and the David Baria campaign for the “dirt” they have on Wicker.
.@msdemocrats @RichardBoyanton @dbaria We’re ready to help you take down @rogerwicker! Time for him to go! You’re welcome to all our research! #mssen #RememberMississippi
— MSConservativeDaily (@MSConDaily) March 28, 2018
Well, that didn’t go very well for the Irish lad.
As it was written long ago: And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free. pic.twitter.com/FFjFDyJElD
— Phil Bryant (@PhilBryantMS) March 29, 2018
As the story goes, as recounted by Walters in an early morning open letter to libertates everywhere, McDaniel then called Walters last night after the tweet storm and told him to fetch and roll over. Actually, he just told him to please stop.
Walters, still desperate to get his licks in, then goes into launch mode saying that he didn’t in fact want to help Democrats defeat Wicker (though that’s what he said).
He attacked the honor of one of the former volunteers that appeared on the Wicker commercials as “Judas Iscariot”. He said that he’d rather be “burned at the stake” then voting for Wicker.
That should come as no surprise. The good folks at McD advocated their adoring masses to vote for Travis Childers in 2014.
Walters finally pledged his undying devotion to McDaniel by saying, ” And I’m going to defend him to my last dying breath!! And I mean that very literally!”
Folks, look. It’s still March. This election isn’t till November. This isn’t even the appetizer. We are not even getting warmed up yet. This one is going to make 2014 look downright serene.
What McDaniel doesn’t realize is that the political advisors closest to him are weighing him down like an anvil. That’s his most immediate issue to fix.
That’s the way it was – Day 1374 of the McDaniel Hostage Crisis.
Good day Mississippi – and good luck.
Magnolia Tribune
