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June 10, 2016

MS Democrat Party chair Rickey Cole on @BernieSanders after @BarackObama endorses @HillaryClinton

Mississippi Democrat Party chair Rickey Cole on @BernieSanders in wake of @BarackObama endorsing @HillaryClinton pic.twitter.com/qEpuZ1QAYZ — Yall Politics (@MSyallpolitics) June 9, 2016 6/9/16
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 10, 2016

Congressman Bennie Thompson (D) loses his fight to ban Confederate symbols in US House

Republicans defend display of Confederate imagery in Capitol U.S. House Republican leaders have blocked a Democratic congressman from Mississippi from offering legislation to ban Confederate imagery from the House side of the Capitol complex. Cong. Bennie Thompson had sought the opportunity to ban display of the Mississippi state flag and statues of Confederate icons such…