Sen.-elect Scott Colom, a Democrat from Mississippi, rejected claims that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer personally recruited him for the Senate race, emphasizing that his victory belongs to Mississippi voters. Colom told MS NOW’s Symone Sanders that the party recognizes the need to look south for future leadership. He highlighted the importance of grassroots support in his upset win.
Sen.-elect Scott Colom (D-Miss.) pushed back on the idea that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) personally recruited him to run for Senate, saying the people of Mississippi deserve the credit for his upset victory. “He did initially understand that our party has to look south for future leadership,” Colom told MS NOW’s Symone Sanders...
