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Roland Martin presses Ty Pinkins to name his political collaborators

The independent Mississippi Senate candidate acknowledges a "coordinated effort" around a radio appearance but declines to identify anyone else involved.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 44,706 views a day, 28 times a normal first day on this channel (1,617).

Ty Pinkins Refuses to Name Who Coordinated the Effort

"Between whom?" Roland Martin asks, then asks again. Ty Pinkins has described a radio appearance as a "coordinated effort," and Martin wants him to finish the thought.

The exchange, clipped from Roland Martin Unfiltered, concerns Pinkins's June appearance on Clay Cane's show. According to the clip's description, Pinkins used that appearance to raise questions about Democrat Scott Colom's Republican primary vote and his family's donations. Pinkins ran as an independent in Mississippi's Senate contest alongside Colom and Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith.

Martin makes his question explicit: "It was a coordinated effort between you and who else?"

"I'm not going to tell you that," Pinkins replies. The clip leaves those other participants unidentified.

The Short drew about 31,000 views in its first 12 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for that format. The longer Pinkins interview also attracted an unusually large audience for Martin's regular videos.

That fuller discussion puts the brief refusal in context. Pinkins argues that remaining on the ballot could help Colom by drawing votes away from Hyde-Smith. Martin challenges how that explanation fits with Pinkins's own campaign criticisms of Colom. It is a question about his electoral strategy, with the identity of his collaborators left unanswered.

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