Cindy Hyde-Smith Was Recorded Suggesting Her Opponent's Supporters May Have Been Involved in a Shooting Near Her Home. It Happened Two Years Before He Ran.
In audio from an August 31 campaign stop, Hyde-Smith brought up the 2023 gunfire near her Brookhaven home, said the shooter was 'in prison where he belongs' — then said Scott Colom's supporters could 'get caught up in it.' Colom didn't enter the race until September 2025. Her campaign won't say what she meant.