Mike Espy Pulls out of U.S. Senate Debate in Jackson, Citing 'Hypocrisy'

[TexasTowelie]

JACKSON—Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Espy has pulled out of an Oct. 4 debate in Jackson because the incumbent, Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, will not attend.

#“A debate where the person occupying the office is not present is unacceptable to us,” Espy campaign manager Oleta Fitzgerald wrote Friday in an email to the debate’s sponsors.

On Sept. 14, the Hyde-Smith campaign Communications Director Melissa Scallan told the Jackson Free Press the senator couldn’t come to either the Oct. 4 debate or one scheduled for Oct. 23 because of conflicts with her Senate schedule.

#"She has got to be in D.C. from Monday through Thursday, so she can't debate during that time," Scallan said, noting that Oct. 4 is on a Thursday while Oct. 23 is on a Tuesday. "She has said she would not skip a vote in order to campaign. So those two dates would not work for us."

Read more: http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2018/sep/28/espy-pulls-out-us-senate-debate-citing-hypocrisy/

[Sherman A1]

1. I would go ahead and hold the debates

but I am sure that the candidate and their campaign know what they are doing.