Raphael Warnock wasn’t trying to make the crowd laugh. “There’s one race I think we’re sleeping on, and that’s Mississippi” But
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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They still have a long way to go given the massive amount of voter disenfranchisement that occurred in this midterm election. Unsurprising that it was directed towards people of color, people who were voting Democrat, and people who were voting for Scott Colom.
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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Perhaps he can change the name of the JC Stennis CVN!
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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Are you guys gonna call it or what? There’s no path to victory for her. Yet you guys are just gonna sit here and not say anything? Legacy media… You’re a fukn piece of shit. Happy anniversary this Valentine’s Day when you’re celebrating Arbor Day on St. Patrick’s Day today.
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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Scott Colom would actually be the first black senator ever directly chosen by the people of Mississippi by popular vote, after the 17th Amendment to the Constitution abolished selection of senators by state legislatures
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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The massive blue wave is still sweeping across the the U.S..
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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Republicans ceded the stars and bars of their flag and this is their reward
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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My dad and his whole family is from Meridian, MS and Colom winning makes me for real emotional
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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I need you to change this to “Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom is the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction etc…”
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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@scott_colom did it by amplifying awareness to the nation that #MississippiMatters
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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💙💙💙💙
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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I know the Republican Party losing to a Democrat in the senate in the state of Mississippi has to have them scrambling and imploding. States that were guaranteed locks, didn’t take a lot of money are now battleground states. Them:
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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African-Americans and other minorities being able to win statewide races, or races in white majority districts, is an incredible progression from my youth. I recall even as recently as 2004, Democrats wouldn't dare run a minority statewide. anywhere, if they could help it.
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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🤣 Now here we go again with the idiot Black American to vote for Democrats Voting to impoverish your own self only values this guy has is feminism LBGTQ immigrants and the Ukraine war oh and to force you to take Colby jabs oh and to say racism white supremacy so you vote DNC😂
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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CNN called it?
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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There is a God!!
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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#ScottColom
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Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, Scott Colom could become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982. The last Democratic senator in the state, John Stennis, was an avowed segregationist himself. cnn.it/48KBTy3
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