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RandySF

(59,221 posts)
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:21 AM Nov 2018

MS-SEN: After lynching comments, Google donates $5000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) was caught on tape "joking" about her willingness to attend a lynching at a campaign event in November. "If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row," Hyde-Smith said on November 2. The small crowd responded with laughter and applause.

Since the video became public on Sunday, Hyde-Smith has refused to apologize, claiming her remarks were a complement. “I used an exaggerated expression of regard, and any attempt to turn this into a negative connotation is ridiculous,” Hyde-Smith said in a statement.

One corporation that apparently was unbothered by Hyde-Smith’s remarks: Google. On Tuesday, Google donated $5000 to Hyde-Smith’s campaign, according to documents filed with the FEC.



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MS-SEN: After lynching comments, Google donates $5000 to Cindy Hyde-Smith (Original Post) RandySF Nov 2018 OP
Hello bing....goodbye google. Sure won't buy any google products. AJT Nov 2018 #1
"Don't be evil" RockRaven Nov 2018 #2
What? Not true SummerSnow Nov 2018 #3
And I thought the headline was going to say aeromanKC Nov 2018 #4
Silicon Valley is a bunch of Libertarian Edgelords now nt sweetloukillbot Nov 2018 #5
++++ a million Bfd Nov 2018 #6
duckduckgo.com does not track you while searching Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2018 #7
Yup, THE ONLY search engine I EVER use...... a kennedy Nov 2018 #9
fake news? AlexSFCA Nov 2018 #8
Seems legit at first glance Celerity Nov 2018 #10

aeromanKC

(3,327 posts)
4. And I thought the headline was going to say
Wed Nov 14, 2018, 12:31 AM
Nov 2018

Google was going to donate $5,000 to the Southern Poverty Law Center or like group in her name. My Bad. DOH!!

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