Mississippi lawmaker apologizes for tweet about secession

Price Wallace represents Rankin and Simpson counties. | Source: Mississippi House of Representatives

A white Republican lawmaker in Mississippi is apologizing for advocating secession from the United States after Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect.

Posted: Nov 12, 2020 11:10 AM

Updated: Nov 12, 2020 11:11 AM

Posted By: Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A white Republican lawmaker in Mississippi is apologizing for advocating secession from the United States after Democrat Joe Biden became president-elect.

Rep. Price Wallace of Mendenhall made the original comment Saturday on Twitter in response to tweets by a Republican former lawmaker.

By Wednesday, Wallace's tweet was deleted, and he sent a separate one saying he had shown “poor judgment.”

Wallace wrote that he truly loves the USA and Mississippi.

He said he "would never support any idea of seceding from the union."

He also wrote that he is “extremely sorry" and that his original tweet did not reflect him or his constituents.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 294994

Reported Deaths: 6681

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	19660	230
Hinds	18785	386
Harrison	16679	278
Rankin	12675	264
Jackson	12575	226
Lee	9683	160
Madison	9448	199
Jones	7945	146
Forrest	7204	136
Lauderdale	6833	226
Lowndes	6021	137
Lamar	5876	80
Lafayette	5730	113
Washington	5218	130
Bolivar	4608	123
Oktibbeha	4409	93
Panola	4303	94
Pearl River	4159	130
Warren	4126	114
Pontotoc	4087	69
Marshall	4031	92
Monroe	3988	126
Union	3951	74
Neshoba	3800	168
Lincoln	3539	102
Hancock	3469	74
Leflore	3374	118
Sunflower	3183	86
Tate	3024	74
Pike	3000	95
Scott	2936	70
Alcorn	2917	61
Itawamba	2896	75
Yazoo	2887	62
Tippah	2785	65
Copiah	2777	57
Coahoma	2775	68
Simpson	2747	78
Prentiss	2697	58
Wayne	2537	41
Marion	2525	78
Leake	2524	71
Covington	2488	79
Grenada	2473	77
Adams	2342	77
George	2317	45
Newton	2294	52
Winston	2216	75
Jasper	2132	45
Tishomingo	2121	65
Attala	2065	69
Chickasaw	2011	51
Holmes	1818	70
Clay	1791	50
Stone	1724	29
Tallahatchie	1705	39
Clarke	1693	71
Calhoun	1578	28
Smith	1527	31
Yalobusha	1448	36
Greene	1276	33
Walthall	1241	40
Noxubee	1228	29
Montgomery	1222	38
Perry	1216	34
Lawrence	1202	21
Carroll	1181	25
Amite	1113	33
Webster	1106	30
Jefferson Davis	1017	31
Tunica	990	23
Claiborne	984	29
Benton	933	24
Humphreys	928	27
Kemper	901	23
Quitman	771	14
Franklin	760	19
Choctaw	695	16
Wilkinson	624	26
Jefferson	623	27
Sharkey	488	17
Issaquena	167	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 493252

Reported Deaths: 9929

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	70986	1374
Mobile	36108	725
Madison	32405	455
Tuscaloosa	24110	410
Montgomery	22565	500
Shelby	21929	215
Baldwin	19732	283
Lee	14961	153
Morgan	13659	251
Calhoun	13275	286
Etowah	13176	319
Marshall	11261	209
Houston	10086	261
Elmore	9376	185
Limestone	9359	134
Cullman	8891	181
St. Clair	8822	223
Lauderdale	8603	211
DeKalb	8446	175
Talladega	7517	163
Walker	6518	255
Jackson	6492	102
Autauga	6264	91
Blount	6097	127
Colbert	6001	118
Coffee	5245	102
Dale	4640	107
Russell	4047	30
Franklin	3991	77
Covington	3957	106
Chilton	3870	100
Escambia	3774	72
Tallapoosa	3585	142
Clarke	3436	50
Chambers	3410	110
Dallas	3403	141
Pike	2933	72
Lawrence	2829	84
Marion	2818	95
Winston	2467	67
Bibb	2450	60
Geneva	2396	70
Marengo	2358	55
Pickens	2246	54
Barbour	2115	51
Hale	2097	68
Fayette	2002	56
Butler	1961	66
Henry	1824	41
Cherokee	1770	38
Monroe	1661	39
Randolph	1636	40
Washington	1565	35
Clay	1443	54
Crenshaw	1443	54
Macon	1420	43
Cleburne	1377	39
Lamar	1328	33
Lowndes	1310	51
Wilcox	1218	25
Bullock	1169	36
Conecuh	1067	24
Perry	1055	27
Sumter	983	31
Coosa	888	23
Greene	876	32
Choctaw	550	23
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0