‘It’s historic’: Enten weighs the Dems’ deep south flip

We're also getting a a bigger picture of how  Democrats fared in the Deep South. Yeah. Last. week, what are those numbers showing? Historic.  It's historic. You know, you think about the Deep. South. You think about the last 30 years or so.  You think it's ruby red Republican land. Well, it wasn't last Tuesday. It wasn't last Tuesday at  all. Or I guess now it's last Tuesday, yesterday. Last eight days ago. We'll say eight days ago.  Just take a look here. Dems actually won the deep. southern house votes. You know, we've been keeping  an eye on those Senate races, but we're talking.

about the House vote here. Alabama, Georgia,  Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. They actually got more votes for the US House in  those five states combined than the Republicans. did for the first time since 1992 when, of course,  Bill Clinton was on the ballot for president for. the first time. So, it's not just in the Senate  race. This was actually down ballot. Republicans. redistricting efforts in Alabama fell short.  Obviously, Democrats did extremely well in Georgia. and in South Carolina. Democrats actually almost  flipped a seat there. It's just unbelievable. This.

is not just Mississippi. This is not just Georgia.  It is across the deep south where Democrats did. historically well. So, that was the that was the  South. You did you did mention that the Senate. Let's look a little bit closer at those Senate  seats in the Deep South. What does that tell. us? Yeah. Okay. So, the House is one thing, the  Senate is another thing. And you know if in fact. Scott Colom wins, if in fact he does win, and  he has been leading in the vote count now for. a week and his lead has actually been coming  wider and wider and wider. If he does win, then you would have four Democratic senators from  the D South, Amy Andrew, Scott Colom, Rafael Waro,

John Oaf. And that would be the first time that  Democrats would hold four southern Senate seats. after election since 2002. It's been 24 years, the  days of Zel Miller. That is how long it has been. And of course, that Democratic party was very,  very different than this Democratic party, right? All but one of the Democratic senators back then  were white males, and this time around only one.

is. So, you talk about how different things were  24 years ago. What else has led to these historic. wins for Democrats in the deep south? What did  they do differently? I mean, so you know, look, they ran good candidates, yes, but the name of the  game here is Donald John Trump. Everything flows. from the top in politics. And you can see it right  here. I mean, just look at this. Tra's average in. the deep south. You know, on average, he beat Kla  Harris by 19 points in the deep southern states.

Look at his net approval rating though now in  our voter polls. Look at this. Minus 11 points. That's a 30point switcheroo in the wrong direction  for the president of the United States. You take. a historically unpopular president deep south and  then you have good Democratic candidates combined. that makes a magic potion so that Democrats have  a historically strong 2026 election. First time. this century they won the deep southern vote in  the House of Representatives and for the first. time in 24 years it seems they put themselves in a  position to control four deep south senate seats.

Well, Jake, we're here at a firehouse in Hines  County, and I'm actually here with Scott Colom. to talk to him about this critical moment in the  race with today being the last day that voters. can fix their ballots, bring in their IDs for  absentee ballots. Why do you think there have. been so many issues with the provisional ballots  this time? Well, it's the Secretary of State, Michael Watson. He used Experian, a credit agency,  to check the voter roles, even though Experian. told them through reporting uh from Mississippi  today that it wasn't reliable. And so this is.

the chaos that he created. Uh he needs to be  answering some tough questions. The election. commissioners are not responsible for this.  It's Michael Watson that did it. Do you think. that there should be some sort of lawsuit? Are you  preparing litigation for this process and what's. happened? No. I got to focus on uh the transition  and delivering for people like these firefighters. behind me. These are the type of people that  make our country great. They sacrifice. They. don't do it for money. They do it for service.  And I want to be a senator that fights for them,

prioritizes them. One of them before I came here,  he told me, he looked me in the eye. He said, "When you go to Washington, don't forget us." And  I told him, "Don't let me forget you." I mean, because I want to make sure that I'm close to  the people because when you're close to people, you're close to the problems. And I want to be  somebody that focus on solving their problems. because these are the type of people that make our  country great. How do you explain for folks tuning. in how this race got to be so close? This is a  state that President Trump carried by 23 points. two years ago. Democrats haven't said someone to  the Senate nearly four decades. You have a slight.

lead. This race is still too close to call. What  happened? How were you able to get so many votes? Well, the first thing you got to say is that  President Trump, you know, he betrayed the voters. He promised lower prices on day one and the exact  opposite happened. We had the highest increase in. sales tax on day one through tariffs. He promised  no more endless wars. We're back at war with no. end in sight. It's causing diesel to hurt farmers  and truckers. Everybody's paying more at the gas. station, at the grocery store. He promised  the full release of the Epstein files. Well, he did everything except fully release the Epstein  files. That's the first thing is the voters were.

betrayed and we're dealing with record levels  of corruption. The people in DC are making more. money than ever. And the people that matter like  the folks behind me, they're not getting they're. not the focus. And so the people behind me and  the people in Mississippi, they they stood up. for themselves and said, "We want to go in a  new direction. We want a senator that's going. to fight for the issues that matter." And they  deserve the credit. I'm just happy to be their. champion. Do you think the Democratic Party took  your race seriously enough and early enough? Some. people did. Uh like I would say Senator Waraugh,  Senator White House, Senator Lisa BL Rochester,

Senator Catwell was a big help for me and but some  people they were too focused on treading water. You know, we got to be a part of that has courage.  The courage to compete everywhere. The courage to. show voters we want your vote. We want your voice.  And if you do that, those voters will reward you. We had gotten to this too many people had gotten  this routine of just writing places off. We can't. do that. You've said you're increasingly confident  that as more votes come in, your lead is only. going to increase. Why is that? Yeah, because I  know politics in Mississippi, I follow elections. I mean, as I predicted Wednesday morning, I told  you, I said, "Listen, the votes only going to move.

in my direction. Absentee and affidavit ballots  typically move in the Democrat's direction. I knew. we had a lot of ballots left out in Hines County.  If you look at my performance on election day, I won Hines County overwhelmingly. You know, a big  batch came out um or some a big batch is coming. out from Hines County. I think tomorrow morning  we should get a big lead." And at this point, it's. time for the you know, it's time to focus on the  transition. The people need representation. The. transition is going to be one that's important.  You know, the farmers have been betrayed with. these tariffs and the one Iran. They need a  fighter for them because otherwise they're fake.

They're facing foreclosures and bankruptcy and  we can't allow that to happen to our agriculture. community in Mississippi. Mr. Colum, thanks so  much for your time. Thank you firefighters. Jake, back to you. Annie, can you hear me? Annie, can  you hear me? Yeah, I can hear you. Can I ask him. a question? Yeah, I hear you. May I ask him a  question? Sure. Can I It's in my earpiece. So, can I Yeah. Yeah. Ask Mr. Cologne when he thinks  this is going to be over. Assuming Assuming the. remaining ballots come in the way he thinks. Does  he think by the end of the week we'll know? So,

Jake Chapper wants to know when you think the  results will be known, when we'll know when this. race can be called. I think tomorrow morning. And  I think some of these people that rate these races. need to look at the data. And I think, you know,  we're in a position where it's going to be very. clear that it's time to call it and time to allow  Mississippi to move on to have representation. that's going to fight for the things that  matter. And the longer that we delay that, the, you know, the more it impacts the ability  to have a successful transition. So, I think.

we're getting really close. Are you expecting any  challenges tomorrow? I know that the review board. meets and that's when challenges could be made.  Are you expecting any of that? No. I mean, they've. come up with no evidence of anything wrong. They  haven't been able to point to any ballots or any. strategy to how they're going to win. I mean,  it's just been create chaos. And the person who. started with the chaos is Michael Watson with this  using Experian. And I hope the country is starting. to see why we can't allow elected officials to  use, you know, credit agencies to check the voter. roles because the election commissioners  are dealing with chaos as a result of.