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The video is very cringe and not even slightly funny. But hardly illegal.

The left is desperate. Earlier in the week the loser Gov. Tim Walz wished Trump was dead.

When did everybody become so soft lol.

God I long for the days when people just ran for office based on lies about shit they were going to accomplish, and pandering to voters. Remember when Jim Hood ran the ads on his farm with him sitting in a rocking chair oiling a shotgun......we all laughed........it was dumb but at least he didn't stoop to this level.

I never knew Mike Hurst was so soft. Smith on the other hand, of course she is.

He is shocked that someone has "...stooped so low as to impersonate the voice of a sitting United States Senator for his personal benefit and gain."

Oh heavens, I do declare. Someone has dared to impersonate the voice of a sitting US Senator. Not a sitting US Senator! Have we no sense of decency!

Is he serious with this nonsense? GTFO

Cringe and stupid is not a felony. Should not have been written up like this. Clearly not an attempt to extort or deceive and does not remotely meet prosecutive guidelines. Total over reaction by MSGOP. Just a campaign intern level stunt at best on both sides.

Easily offended, easily influenced…

I feel fairly confident Mike Hurst knows the law. Possibly even better than a sitting DA...

I will defer to Hurst, a former US attorney, as to whether there were potential violations of criminal laws. Soft or not, the law is the law. As a member of the MS Bar, a DA, and one aspiring to higher office, Colom should be also concerned with the potential ethical violations from this stunt. Rules 8.2 and 8.4 could be applicable. Regardless, it is a bad look, and one beneath the dignity of the office for which he is seeking election.

Pretty clear violation of the statute. Not sure what is "soft" about asking for it to be enforced. It was cringy, unfunny, and I doubt it will win over anyone undecided. I would actually be curious as to what Hurst was thinking if he didn't respond like this. Nothing he said was inaccurate. Even citing a less egregious instance of similar behavior. I'm kind of surprised he didn't have more of a tantrum, honestly.

Could there be two worse candidates to choose from?

As a Republican, I have always thought that Cindy Hyde-Smith was goofy, but I think this clown surpasses her!

As much as I dislike Cindy Hyde and cannot vote for her, one has to wonder if Scott Colom, a self described "Christian", is playing with a full deck.

As a whole us humans are no longer evolving positive. Read Enoch and get ready baby !

Republican party used to the tort reform party. Seems like the least little thing they threaten legal action of some form whether civil or criminal.

Shooting yourself in the foot is a great way to begin a campaign.

This is the verbal equivalent of throwing a 6" Subway sandwich at a 'roided up, full body armored, face masked ICE agent.

Geez, as a woman, I hate that she's played into that" fragile female who whines when her feelings are hurt" characterization and can't just stand up for herself. And anyone who thought that was "real" shouldn't be allowed to vote.

No violation of the statute whatsoever. The cringe actress did not act as an official in any official capacity of any sort, nor did she demand much less receive anything of value whatsoever. Mimicking a Senator’s voice in a ridiculous stunt is not a crime. What pearl clutching fool would assert that on paper? Ohhhh, a member of the Rankin County Mafia. The Rankin and MSGOP keep batting Zero. Over nothing.

Let's do make mocking a political opponent a federal crime! Then we could put our entire Congress in prison!

Unforced error. Colom is nowhere near ready.

The leader of the MSGOP, Mike Hurst, is calling for "leaders who are honest, honor the law, and respect the institutions of our government"

C'mon man. Even people who voted for Donald Trump three times admit that he is none of those things. Call out your own.

Is Colom also a "part-time" DA?

This man is very dangerous, he was and still is backed by the infamous George Soros who is hell bent on destroying our country by putting in office these left wing progressives!!!

Who remembers the TV ad where Jim Hood portrayed Mike Hurst as a “cute” poodle who “won’t hunt”.
Best ad in Mississippi politics

Please check Mike Hurst for long Covid. He's showing signs of being a Democrat. First he goes hard for socialism...I mean education reform bs. Now he's big mad they prank called meemaw.

While the video was, at best, mildly amusing, the GOP acting butthurt about it is hysterical. Those are the REAL snowflakes. I really don't want to vote for this guy, but I wouldn't vote for either of our do-nothing, Trump-rubber-stamp, senators if they were running for the Mexican border.

The fact that Mississippians continue to vote these same place-holders back in office, term after term, shows that we really are at the bottom of...well...every listing of US statistics.

She like to sit on the “front row” young Colom didn’t get the memo.

Excellent comment, 1:36

What a bunch of snowflakes! Get a sense of humor

Well Kingfish, you should have given the other "Idiot of the Day" award to this
Democrat Scott Colom cartoon character.

I don't think the Mississippi GOP needs to sue him .... but buy him more rope.

I had forgotten about Jim Hood's shotgun/rocking chair ad .
That was funny as hell. ( reminiscent of Cliff Finch's lunchbox & bulldozer ads back in the mid 70's).

Collom is a buffoon.

“Christian”? More like a fool.

Unfortunately my jive isn’t up to par and I couldn’t under half of what that turkey said.

As someone who has been in the political campaign 'game' for many years, this ad was not one of the best. But, it was certainly not one worth the crockidile tears being shed by my GOP brethern. All those years in the game were played on and with the GOP team - but framkly, I'm ashamed that they would stoop to this level of stupidity with their reaction to this campaign stunt.

Criminal? Not in the least. Worth the effort? Not at all. Should have ignored it and moved on. All this campaign is going to center on is whether folks like and support Donald Trump next November, cause Hyde-Smith is and will be seen as nothing but a rubber stamp for him. If the party feels safe in the hands of Trump, they shouldn't let an ad like this take center stage.

But - the question is, with Trump's falling popularity, will he still carry the day in our Trumpiest state?

This wasn't a great way for Colom to introduce himself to most of the state's voters, who have never heard of him. I still remember Brandon Pressley's introduction, when he identified with the guy who stops at his local gas station to get coffee & a sausage biscuit on his way to work. Presley was a populist who came so close to winning with a home grown message. I've never heard of Colom before now, but he comes across as a spoiled, privileged idiot. And I'm not a great fan of Cyndi Hyde-Smith.

Hilarious. This may or may not have been taken from Fox and Friends. Lawrence did it to Kilmeade.

I resent him for calling himself a Christian and acting this way. He is pitiful.

"I never knew Mike Hurst was so soft. Smith on the other hand, of course she is" .

Has Senator Hyde-Smith even responded to this ad ?
Like her or not ... her intelligence is light years beyond this clown.

1:51 - I have wondered that myself many times during my voting years. Where politics is concerned, the answer is a resounding yes. Think Bennie Thompson.

Colom is saying his campaign is motivated by revenge - because Sen. Hyde-Smith squelched his nomination to a federal judgeship. By mimicking an Internet prank (where guys call each other to tell them good night), he's saying he doesn't have a vision for the state - it's all about him & his resentment at being passed over. He must have hired a campaign staff of cool kids from out of state.

EJ, do you really think Soros is connected to everything?

Seriously people Mike Hurst is a former US Attorney & knows the laws! I hope you run for Governor Mike!

Rudy Giuliani was a U.S. Attorney too, but we can all see what politics did to him.

@6:55 - I too would like to see Mike running for office - again. Supported him last time and would again, for most anything. And as a former US Atty and a pretty damn smart lawyer, I would love to have him representing me. And I guess he does, as Chairman of 'my' party.

But - the idea that he wants an FBI investigation, and to charge Colom with a cirme for this political ad, is nothing but pandering to the base; not good lawyering.

Let the games continue. We will spend all our time talking about George Soros, and they will spend their time talking about CHS's butt-love of Trump. And for the next 14 months, we will hear little else, other than how Trump's policies are hurting our state while Cindy supports them anyway - and how Colom is a liberal crime-loving wannabe.

Let's don't get excited over this part of campaigning, at least not this early. Sounds too much like Justice Waller getting his panties in a wad over Tate's campaign ads, after he had been running one suggesting Tate was a kindergarten plaything.

Lighten up, Francis. The part is so soft.
The GOP should run an ad with CHS answering the phone, saying, "Hello! Oh hello! I didn't know you were in politics! Who is this again? What? You are going to run against me? Oh, bless your heart, sir! I guess I got three little words for you: BRING IT ON." And then she hangs up the phone, looks at the camera, and says, "I'm Cindy Hyde-Smith, and I want to continue being your Senator in Washington." You read it here first.

Hurst is in a lose-lose situation with this as far as message board fodder. This reaction: soft and idiotic. Respond in kind: childish and weak. No response: scared and incompetent. At least with this response he does have legal precedent as some semblance of a foundation for it. I agree with 9:48 though, that would be a phenomenal idea. Just a "New phone. Who dis?" type of ad.

CHS should respond in kind with an AI generated call between Colom and Chowke where Colom asks Chowke to get him on the next private jet headed to Boca Raton.

I'll vote for Cindy Bryant Hyde-Smith if it means keeping a republican seat and only for that reason. But, be careful what you wish for...She'll retire in two years and Tater will occupy that seat.

I did not think anyone could ever make me consider voting for that ding dong CHS again. But this guy may have done it.

Howard Dean level career failure with this embarrassment. Just a horrible way to intro yourself and immediately look like a chump.

"I'll vote for Cindy Bryant Hyde-Smith if it means keeping a republican seat and only for that reason."

And that's why we're in a race to the bottom, where elections are decided in the primaries, by the fanatics of either party, due to gerrymandered election maps.

+10,000

All this false indignation from the GOP which allows the occupier of the White House to sell MAGA crap all day long, what a joke. Mike Hurst might have been former U.S. Attorney, but he can't read a statute very well if he thinks this prank fits the one he cites.

Not illegal, surely, but certainly tacky and off-putting. I wouldn’t cast a vote for this clown, but that doesn’t mean I’ll cast a vote for the other clown either. There’ll be a third party on the ballot, and it’s not a law that I have to vote for anybody at all if there’s nobody on the ballot who’s worth a shit. Because, me, I’m sick to the top of my gullet with Democrats, Republicans, and chickenshit, road-to-the-bottom politics as usual.

The plain text of 18 USC 912 clearly does not apply here. The stunt is dumb and childish (if that really wasn’t her), and it certainly wouldn’t win me over if I were on the fence. However, with no other fed statute cited other than 18 USC 912, this looks to be a frivolous, and frankly, silly, matter.

I won't vote for any democrat running for state or federal Senate or House seat; however, please will a few republicans primary 'Mee-Maw' and send her back to the garden at home.

If I recall, our Lt. Gubnor had paid political ads for years featuring made-up people and even made a cartoon character of hizzown seff.