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SENATOR-ELECT SCOTT COLOM: We all know that prayer is only a part of our Mississippi faith tradition. You need faith. And I'll tell you, throughout this campaign, there were many times where I had to have faith. There were times that I couldn't get donors to answer the phone. They did not believe a moment like this was possible, but I kept the faith….
There's so many people that have faith in Mississippi at times where it seemed impossible. People like Medgar Evers. I can't help but think about Medgar Evers on Veterans Day. A moment like this, where he served his country and came home to Mississippi when they wouldn't let him vote. But he had faith that Mississippi could make progress. He had faith that one day everybody would have the right to vote. He had faith that a day like this was possible
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it's really remarkable how watching Fox and Newsmax over the past week has demonstrated that MAGA really only has one play -- smear, demonize, deflect, lie -- and now that that approach has been resounding rejected by voters, they have no idea what to do. They're just running it back and I guess hoping for a different result in two years.
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Tonight let's please honor the memory of Medgar Evers, World War II veteran and NAACP field secretary in Mississippi, who was murdered at the age of 37 outside his home in June 1963 and gave his life for civil and voting rights in Mississippi:
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To say @ArndreaKing and I are thrilled with @scott_colom’s upset win is an understatement. For the first time since Reconstruction, Mississippi is sending a Black senator to Washington. Despite mountains of voter suppression and valleys of cynicism, Black voters did what we have always done: we kept marching. We did not give up or give in. We overcame efforts to deny us equal representation. Senator-elect Colom's victory marks a new day for democracy in the South. We look forward to working with him and every champion of voting rights as we build the Beloved Community nationwide.
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I can’t stop the tears right now.
Mississippi. Mississippi.
It is breathtaking.
Emmett Till, Medgar Evers, Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney, Fannie Lou Hamer.
Lift Every Voice and Sing!
Mississippi
Scott Colom will defeat Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a major upset to become the first Democrat that voters in deep-red Mississippi have elected to the chamber in more than four decades, CNN projects. cnn.it/4iEnxUo
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the state that had a confederate flag on its state flag until 2020, the state where Emmett Till and Medgar Evers were murdered, and a hub of America's biggest sin against man, just elected a black U.S. Senator for the first time since Reconstruction
absolutely incredible moment
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PROJECTION: Scott Colom defeats Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in a historic upset in Mississippi, which Trump won by 23 points in 2024. The state’s last Black Senator was born a slave, and its last Democratic senator was a segregationist.
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At some point, we have to talk about @CookPolitical and other “prognosticators” who had me and other southern candidates labeled as solid R for much of the campaign cycle. They made it much more difficult to fundraise and are part of the reason the South has been neglected for so long.
They’re only a reflection of the past and mysteriously avoid any accountability when they’re wrong. One of their “analysts” was extremely condescending to me (not Jessica) when I tried to make my pitch for why they were wrong about my rating like he knew something about MS politics when he’s never been to the Sip. This attitude hurt Jaime Davis & others so much.
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Progressive lane this.
Moderate lane that.
The only lane I’m concerned with when it comes to 2028 presidential candidates is the SUPERMAJORITY lane.
Who can lead our party to a win so overwhelming that the GOP is relegated to regional political power at best?
.@NateSilver538: If there’s a repeat of Tuesday [in 2028], it’s crazy to say but a 60 seat Senate majority is on the table.
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Congrats to Josh Turek from William and me. Let’s shoot some hoops sometime. @turek4iowa
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This is what is so shocking to me as a Southerner. There has been this assumption for many years that the only kind of democrat who would win these states is Joe Manchin. This assumption has been completely unproven now.
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Mehdi Hasan: “You know what I think the Democrats should do? First, get rid of the filibuster in the Senate. Making Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico states and adding four Senators should be priorities. Fixing the Supreme Court that was totally rigged by Donald Trump. You’re up against a fascist authoritarian movement. You must use every lever of power available to you to fight back. What happened to holding the high ground is that a convicted felon who incited an insurrection was re-elected in 2024 and he came to office and unleashed a racist militia that killed American citizens on the street”
