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Racists and Conspiracy Nuts Turn Cochran Call Into The Biggest Campaign Sh*tshow of 2014

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A week after defeating Chris McDaniel, the Republican campaign opened a line to reporters. Then all hell broke loose.

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The Senate race in Mississippi is so strange that they can’t even get through a conference call without weirdness breaking out.

After winning last week’s Republican runoff, the campaign of six-term incumbent Senator Thad Cochran held a conference call for national media on Wednesday to respond to allegations from defeated Tea...

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