INTERVIEW: Scott Colom Talks 2026 Midterms, Affordability, Fighting Corruption In The Justice System + More

Charlamagne Tha God (0:05)

We gon finish or y'all done?

DJ Envy (0:06)

Morning, everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

Charlamagne Tha God (0:13)

Yes, indeed.

DJ Envy (0:14)

We got the brother, as Donald Trump would say, Scott Colom.

Charlamagne Tha God (0:17)

That's nice name.

DJ Envy (0:18)

It's Scott Colom. Welcome, brother, how you feeling?

Charlamagne Tha God (0:20)

I'm honored.

Scott Colom (0:21)

Mississippi.

DJ Envy (0:21)

That's right.

Scott Colom (0:22)

We made it.

Charlamagne Tha God (0:22)

M-I, Kruger letter, Kruger letter, I. Kruger letter, Kruger letter, I.

Scott Colom (0:25)

Humpback, humpback, I.

Jessica Moore (0:27)

Mississippi pride.

Scott Colom (0:29)

The people did it. They didn't believe in us. We're at The Breakfast Club.

Jessica Moore (0:32)

That's right.

Scott Colom (0:33)

We're gonna make history, November 3rd.

Charlamagne Tha God (0:34)

Well, Mississippi hasn't elected a Democrat to the US. Senate since what, 82?

Scott Colom (0:38)

I was born in 82

Jessica Moore (0:39)

You see what I'm saying?

Charlamagne Tha God (0:41)

And no black candidate has won statewide there since Reconstruction. So what do you think people outside of Mississippi misunderstand about misstating as voters?

Scott Colom (0:50)

Well, one, the Democratic Party hasn't been trying, Charlamagne. I mean, we got the highest African American population, 38% of the population. You were Jess and Jackson, you saw the vibes.

You know, we got a lot of white Democrats that get ignored. And for so long, we've written off the South, and Mississippi in particular, and that's hurt the country.

I don't understand why people don't realize Mississippi in the South is the epicenter.

We're the direction of our country. When we take care of people in Mississippi, we make sure they have good education, good jobs, good opportunity, the country does well. When we ignore Mississippi, we let people like Adrienne Senator, I call her Cindy High Prices, because that's all we get from her. When you let her betray the people of Mississippi, you let her take away health care, take away jobs, take away education. That's a poor reflection on the country. And so what's great about this campaign is I did over 60 town halls. Adrienne Center hasn't done one. Not one town hall in six years, I did 60 in a year. And the people of Mississippi got behind me. I went to the music festivals, I went to the housing projects, I got a food truck, went to the college campuses. We built a different type of campaign because I understand, you got to make sure the voters trust you. That's how you get them excited, and that's why we're gonna win.

DJ Envy (1:57)

What is the most important thing for, I would say, the residents of Mississippi? When I was out there, the biggest thing they just said was, they were saying gas was too expensive, they were saying food prices were too expensive.

Scott Colom (2:06)

Money, baby.

DJ Envy (2:07)

Just living is just super duper expensive. I know we had an Uber driver out there, and traffic was a little crazy because it was the game. And we had a long conversation, and she feels like more resources need to be put back into Mississippi because people feel like they were missing that.

Scott Colom (2:23)

100%.

Yeah. I mean, our junior said she's the number one corporate. I mean, the other thing we gotta understand is why we're gonna win Charlamagne is Americans were promised America first.

Like, there was Mississippians who believed that the president was gonna lower prices on day one. Well, he did the exact opposite. He increased taxes on day one. He got everything more expensive. There's Mississippians who believed that he was gonna stop us from getting the endless wars. He said Vice President Harris was gonna start a war.

Well, we're back at war with no end in sight, you know? And people are paying more at the gas station, diesels through the roof, truckers, farmers are struggling. We were promised the release of the FCA files.

It's been protected pedophiles, not protected victims. And so, you know, when I said I went to the Trump rally, you know, I had a, you know, he came to Mississippi on Monday. The people of Mississippi got in there, not Cindy Highsmith, because she's scared. And I did a press conference in Carham, Mississippi, and then I went and walked the Trump rally, talking to the Trump voters. They were saying the same thing the voters at Jackson were saying. Gas too expensive. They feel like the country's being sold out by AIPAC and other corporate donors and PACs. And, you know, one of them wanted to take a selfie with me.