Clinton Stumps for Colom in Mississippi Senate Race Over Medicaid Cuts

Former President Bill Clinton campaigned in Tupelo for Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom, criticizing Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's response to high consumer prices and healthcare access. Colom, a district attorney, has made affordability, healthcare access, and opposition to Trump-era tariffs central to his campaign, and has pledged to address Medicaid cuts included in the recent Republican reconciliation law. The race, in a state that hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982, has drawn national Democratic figures including Clinton, Kamala Harris, and Pete Buttigieg to campaign for Colom ahead of the election. Hyde-Smith's campaign has used these appearances to cast Colom as aligned with the party's left flank.

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