In 2023, a lawyer by the name of Scott Colom was nominated by Joe Biden for a federal circuit judge appointment.
You have to get approval from both of your state senators in order for the nomination to go through the process.
Mississippi has two Republican senators. One senator said yes. The other blocked the nomination.
Her name? Cindy Hyde-Smith.
Hyde-Smith is known for her blatant racism. In 2018, when she was facing a senate challenge, she said that if there was a hanging she would be in the front row.
In 2025, the lawyer who was denied the appointment decided to run for Senate and challenge the very Senator who denied him.
At one point, she said "I blocked him from becoming a judge, now you will block him from becoming Senator."
Scott Colom is a black man.
Today, in a super close race, Cindy Hyde-Smith conceded, having no way to get enough votes to defeat Colom. Scott becomes the first black senator in over 140 years in the state of Mississippi.
Jesse Watters, the insufferable Fox News host, mocked the Democratic party for campaigning in Mississippi. He laughed at Kamala Harris for going to Mississippi to support Colom.
Kamala's strategy paid off.
I don't know what Cindy Hyde-Smith's future is (and frankly don't care), but I'm excited about the future of Scott Colom and the state of Mississippi.
