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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Mississippi Candidate Mike Espy Responds to His Republican Opponent's Joke About a 'Public Hanging' [Watch (HLS stream): Mississippi Candidate Mike Espy Responds to His Republican Opponent's Joke About a 'Public Hanging'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/xvan06zj.m3u8) (0:34)  _Published 2018-11-12. A newly published video shows a white Republican U.S. senator in Mississippi praising someone by saying: “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.”_ --- Jul 28, 2023 12:49 AM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Mississippi Governor Candidate: Woman Reporter Cannot Cover His Campaign Alone](/video/cDXLGL9u/) ### Mississippi Governor Candidate: Woman Reporter Cannot Cover His Campaign Alone [Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith Wins Mississippi Senate Runoff Rocked by 'Public Hanging' Remark](/video/s27Mr8x6/) ### Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith Wins Mississippi Senate Runoff Rocked by 'Public Hanging' Remark [Democrat Mike Espy Concedes To Cindy Hyde Smith In Mississippi Senate Race](/video/j9CCNgH1/) ### Democrat Mike Espy Concedes To Cindy Hyde Smith In Mississippi Senate Race --- ## Transcript Both comments that we heard that were published yesterday are very disappointing, they're hurtful and they're harmful. They're hurtful to the maids of Mississippians who are people of goodwill, and they're harmful because they tend to reinforce the stereotype that held back our state for so long And that have cost us jobs and have harmed our economy. This is 2018. 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