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Colom calls on Hyde-Smith to speak publicly about Mississippi count

Forbes Breaking News draws an unusually large audience for his Jackson press conference as affidavit ballots remain at issue.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 856,366 views a day, 128 times a normal first day on this channel (6,676).

BREAKING NEWS: Scott Colom Publicly Calls For Cyndi Hyde-Smith To 'Speak Out' | Mississippi

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0:02Colom says his lead is growing as the Mississippi Senate vote count continues.
1:07He criticizes Republican letters about affidavit ballots and says his legal team will follow the lawful process.
2:30Colom calls for Hyde-Smith to speak publicly herself rather than through the Republican Party chairman.
3:40He criticizes the secretary of state's use of Experian in voter-roll maintenance while discussing rejected-ballot reports.
6:05Asked about Hinds County affidavit ballots, he expresses confidence and outlines priorities including agriculture, tariffs, wages and research.

Scott Colom says his lead is growing, his lawyers are ready and his post-election meetings with voters are not stopping. Speaking to reporters in Jackson, the Mississippi Democratic Senate candidate pressed Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith to address the ongoing count herself rather than leave the public response to her party's chairman.

The November 6 press conference drew more than half a million views in its first ten hours on Forbes Breaking News, far beyond the channel's usual start for a regular video.

Colom, a Mississippi district attorney, was answering questions on the third day of counting. Asked about Republican letters to county election officials concerning affidavit ballots, he called the move desperate and said his team would follow the lawful process. He urged Republicans to accept the results, although counting was still underway.

His demand that Hyde-Smith speak publicly comes shortly after that exchange. The briefing then turns to voters reporting rejected ballots and his criticism of the secretary of state's use of Experian in voter-roll maintenance. Those are Colom's criticisms, not findings established by the press conference.

The channel also drew unusually strong interest for a separate update from Secretary of State Michael Watson about remaining ballots, alongside shorter extracts of Colom discussing his lead and acceptance of the results.

Colom's own briefing eventually moves from counting votes to what he wants to do in office: agriculture, tariffs, wages and research institutions. Asked why he is still meeting voters after Election Day, he says: "I'm not going to stop showing up, listening, letting people know I care about them, their needs matter."

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