Mississippi Senator Endorses Trump the Night Before His Arraignment

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) threw her support behind former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid on the evening of April 3, the day before Trump’s arraignment.
Hyde, who became the first woman to represent Mississippi when she was sworn into Congress in 2018, was formerly a Democrat who switched parties in 2010.
She called the prosecution of Trump “a political stunt by a prosecutor whose campaign was funded by George Soros,” referring to the left-wing billionaire financier.
“That charade is all about self-promotion by the prosecutor and has nothing to do with justice,” Hyde-Smith said in a statement on Twitter. “I believe the whole affair will backfire on the prosecutor and Democrats.”…}