
Mississippi GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith defends closing polls on Sunday, citing the Sabbath
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Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith Wednesday defended southern states' decisions to ban electoral activity on Sundays, saying the action was justified because it is the Sabbath.
"I cannot speak for Georgia, but I can speak for Mississippi on why we would never do that on a Sunday or hold an election on a Sunday," Hyde-Smith said in answer to questioning by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. during a Senate Rules and Administration Committee. "This says the 'United States of America in God we trust'," she said holding up a dollar bill. "Etched in stone in front of the U.S. Senate chamber is ‘In God we trust.’ When you swore in all these witnesses, the last thing you said to them in your instructions, was ‘so help you God’," the Mississippi senator continued.More Related News