Will you be watching the presidential debate?

Vice President Joe Biden and the importance of this election have got me thinking: Even President Trump agreed to a debate — while Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has ignored not one, but two invitations to debate me in the race for Mississippi’s U.S. Senate seat. TWO!

Remember, not only has Senator Hyde-Smith professed to side with Trump 100% of the time. Her pal Mitch McConnell said debates were good. And Hyde-Smith herself has even said in the past that she wouldn’t mind debating me.

I believe debates are an important part of our democracy. The people of Mississippi deserve to hear directly from the candidates running to represent them in Washington. So today, I ask again: What is Cindy Hyde-Smith afraid of?

Will you donate $10, or whatever you can right now, to my U.S. Senate campaign? Unlike Senator Hyde-Smith, I will be available to ALL Mississippians and a voice for the people. We’ve got less than 48 hours before our biggest FEC fundraising deadline, and I need your help.

I mean really, a sitting senator from Mississippi should have no problem discussing the issues most important to voters.

Yet Cindy Hyde-Smith refuses to hold town halls, hides from her constituents, and ignores reporters. She’s so out of touch, that she even used international stock footage in her TV ad, instead of real Mississippians. Stock footage!

So while my opponent claims that our campaign is just a bunch of “noise,” the truth is we’re giving this incumbent a real run for her money, and she knows it. Just last week, we raised more money than she did in an entire financial quarter!

Let’s keep putting the pressure on Senator Hyde-Smith to give the people of Mississippi what they deserve: A public debate of the issues between the candidates in this race.

Tomorrow is our campaign’s most important fundraising deadline yet. Will you pitch in $10 or whatever you can to show Hyde-Smith we have the people power to take her on — debate or not — and win? We have until September 30 at midnight. 

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Thanks for helping put up a real fight against Hyde-Smith and supporting my campaign for a brighter Mississippi. Together, we’re showing the nation that the South has something to say.

— Mike