CORINTH, Miss.—President Donald Trump headlined a rally supporting Republican candidates with eight days left before the midterm elections.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is running against Democrat prosecutor Scott Colom and independent Ty Pinkins in a deep-red state, with recent polls showing the Republican with a slight edge.
“I’m here because Cindy’s doing great, but I just got to make sure,” Trump told about 8,000 supporters packed in the Crossroads Arena in northeastern Mississippi on Monday night. “I can’t take a chance.”
He praised the senator’s leadership role in the Buying American Cotton Act, which aims to incentivize domestic textile production with tax credits and other mechanisms….