IF ONLY HYDE-SMITH HADN'T BLOCKED HIM FROM BEING APPOINTED TO A FEDERAL JUDGESHIP!
Scott Colom literally coming for her seat with a big ol, "I want her to know it was me."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-elections/mississippi-senate-results
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@titania AHAHAH!!!! this is fantastic, I had no idea about this back story!
@SRLevine OH YEAH. No, it literally was because he wasn't transphobic enough for her tastes. https://www.advocate.com/politics/cindy-hyde-smith-blocked-scott-colom
AND NOW...HE TOOK HER SEAT!
@titania @SRLevine There's a lot of wild details from that race. The independent who got about 5x as many votes as the margin of victory, and spoke up the day after the election claiming his whole campaign was a deliberate attempt to spoil the republicans. ([Dubious - Discuss])
Hyde-Smith's absolutely wild "let them eat cake" moment. The ridiculously on-point ads Colom and his twin brother got out of that.
Literally, she blocked him from a judgeship for the pettiest reasons possible (basically: he's a Black man who wasn't transphobic enough for her liking), and now, well.
Hyde-Smith conceded this afternoon. 😌