‘The View’s Ana Navarro Breaks Down the Historical Importance of Scott Colom’s Win

Colom won a seat once held by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The View’s Ana Navarro is putting Scott Colom’s historic election in Mississippi into perspective, reminding viewers just how much the victory means in a state with a long and painful history of racism. Colom, a Democrat and former district attorney, narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the November 3 election, becoming Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction and the first Democrat…