One year ago this week, Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for a permanent billionaire tax break and sent Mississippi the bill

All week, District Attorney Scott Colom is itemizing what that vote is costing Mississippi families

This Wednesday, July 1, exactly one year after the vote, the next charge comes due as the next phase of the law takes effect

District Attorney Colom: “Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for it, and now we’re paying for it”

Columbus, MS — One year ago this week, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for a permanent tax handout for people making more than $600,000 a year, and she sent Mississippi the bill. A year later, the receipt is in. This week, District Attorney and U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom is itemizing what Hyde-Smith’s vote is costing Mississippi: the largest Medicaid cut in history, higher costs for students and families trying to get ahead, and the largest cut to food assistance in the program’s history.

“A year ago, Cindy Hyde-Smith voted to hand a permanent tax break to people making over $600,000 a year, and she stuck Mississippi with the bill. She chose them over us,” said District Attorney Colom. “Now the charges are coming due: the largest Medicaid cut in history, the largest food assistance cut in history, and higher costs for families just trying to get their kids through school. Cindy Hyde-Smith voted for it, and now we’re paying for it. I’ve spent my career following the evidence and holding people accountable, and the evidence here is plain about who Cindy Hyde-Smith works for. This November, Mississippi is going to hold her accountable for it.”

Hyde-Smith’s vote handed a permanent tax break to the wealthiest Americans, paid for with more than $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and $187 billion in cuts to food assistance, the largest reductions to each in their history. The cost lands starkly here at home. Mississippi stands to lose about $11 billion in Medicaid funding over the coming decade, roughly 13 percent of the state’s total, draining the dollars that keep hospitals and clinics open in a state where Medicaid covers half of all children and 57 percent of births. Additionally, nearly 400,000 Mississippians, about one in eight, rely on food assistance, most of them in households with children.

All week, the campaign will lay out the receipt one line item at a time. Tuesday makes the case on health care and the billions in Medicaid funding cuts that put Mississippi’s hospitals and clinics at risk. Wednesday turns to students and families, timed to July 1, the day the next phase of the law takes effect and new limits on college aid begin hitting Mississippi families who play by the rules. Thursday closes on groceries and the squeeze on working families at the checkout line.

The through line is simple: one year ago, Cindy Hyde-Smith chose a permanent tax break for the wealthy over the people she was sent to Washington to serve. This week, Mississippians get the bill. She voted for it, but Mississippians are paying for it.

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About Scott: Scott Colom is a seventh-generation Mississippian, proud husband and father of two, and district attorney who fights every day to keep Mississippians safe. Guided by his Christian faith, Scott has dedicated his life to serving his neighbors and keeping them safe from violent criminals. Now he’s running to lower costs for families, save our Mississippi hospitals, and bring good jobs home. Scott loves his state and will always put Mississippi first, and he’ll work with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to get things done for us.

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