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Trump Rallies for Hyde-Smith in Corinth and Repeats $5,000 Check Pledge if Republicans Hold Congress

President Donald Trump campaigned in Corinth, Mississippi, on October 26 for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, eight days before the November 3 midterms, repeating his promise of $5,000 checks for adults if Republicans hold both chambers and citing his own account of crime falling in Memphis.

By admin Oct. 27, 2026 · 9:41 AM ET 2 min read

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CORINTH, Mississippi. President Donald Trump campaigned in Corinth on Monday evening for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, eight days before the November 3 midterm elections, telling a crowd at Crossroads Arena that the Mississippi Senate race was closer than Republicans could afford to treat as settled.

Hyde-Smith faces Democrat Scott Colom and independent Ty Pinkins. The Clarion Ledger reported that recent polls showed Colom trailing Hyde-Smith within the margin of error, a point Hyde-Smith brushed aside in her own remarks.

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“My opponent Scott Colom is the most radical candidate to run in Mississippi for literally our entire lives,” Hyde-Smith told the crowd. She pointed to the tax cut passed under Trump and to the Laken Riley Act, which she said protects Americans from criminal immigrants in the country illegally.

Trump points to Memphis crime claims

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Trump spent part of the speech on Memphis, Tennessee, about 90 minutes from Corinth. He pointed to his September 2025 deployment of the National Guard to Memphis, which he said was meant to restore law and order in the city.

“We have the crime down 82% in Memphis, 81% in New Orleans,” Trump said, according to the Commercial Appeal. He also said, “In Memphis alone, we arrested 13,000 dangerous, career criminals and removed more than 2,000 illegal firearms from the hands of some of the worst criminals you’ve ever seen.”

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Those figures were Trump’s own account at the rally. The Commercial Appeal report did not present separate crime data to confirm them.

A $5,000 check pledge, and a push to vote

Trump closed the speech, which lasted more than 90 minutes, by repeating a promise of $5,000 checks for every adult citizen if Republicans win majorities in both chambers of Congress. The Clarion Ledger reported that Trump said the plan would cost $1 trillion.

Trump also urged Mississippi voters to vote early, even though Mississippi is one of only two states without early voting, the Clarion Ledger reported. Proposals to introduce early voting were set aside by the state legislature this session with little discussion, according to the report.

Other Republicans who spoke before Trump included Gov. Tate Reeves, who called Colom a radical socialist, and state party chair Mike Hurst. Trump told the crowd he was in Corinth for a plain reason: to send Hyde-Smith back to the Senate.

“I’m here because Cindy’s doing great, but I just have to make sure,” Trump said. “Cindy’s going to win big.”

Reporting based on coverage by the Clarion Ledger and the Commercial Appeal.

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