Trump rallies for embattled Mississippi senator
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(27 Nov 2018) President Donald Trump stumped in Mississippi on Monday for a Republican Senate appointee who wants voters to focus on her unwavering support for him, and not the racial questions that have made Tuesday's runoff election a much closer contest than anyone expected. "She votes for us and she votes for 'Make America Great Again,'" Trump said at a rally in Tupelo, where he was accompanied by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith. Trump called Hyde-Smith "a truly incredible leader and tireless champion" for Mississippi. "She stood up to the Democrat smear machine," Trump said, praising her for voting to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Hyde-Smith and Trump appeared together at a late Monday afternoon event in Tupelo, best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley. President Donald Trump joked that people used to say he looked like the king of rock 'n' roll. Trump said that when he was young, "other than the blond hair, they said I looked like Elvis." Trump spent much of the rest of the speech rallying supporters on issues of trade, the economy and immigration. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/20822e65f21c6c78418f853974a48930
