WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 28: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) walks through the U.S. Capitol before he delivers the Republican response to President Biden’s address to congress April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
When Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) claimed America was not a racist country, several figures on the left did their best to prove him wrong. Scott delivered the GOP response to Joe Biden’s congressional address Wednesday and said lawmakers need to find common ground.
He also touched on Republican-led efforts Democrats have claimed are hurting the nation. However, no comment drew a harsher response than Scott’s claim that America is not a racist country.
In his speech, Scott acknowledged the country has healing to do, but said the country is not racist, adding, it’s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. He even acknowledged the intolerance he sees from across the aisle.
“I’ve also experienced a different kind of intolerance,” Sen. Scott stated. “I get called Uncle Tom and the N-word by progressives! By liberals! Just last week, a national newspaper suggested my family’s poverty was actually privilege.”
A major strategy of racists, is to incentivize one of it's Black victims to act as the crash test dummy for white supremacy.
When Uncle Tim Scott says America is not a racist country, he is fully aware he is speaking in bad faith.
The purpose is to protect white supremacists pic.twitter.com/Wk8OVF2Nl1
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) April 29, 2021
In an echo of that very comment, liberal figures quickly jumped on Scott’s comment as he was accused of not knowing the difference between “racism” and “systemic racism.” Shortly after his speech, the phrase “Uncle Tim” began trending on Twitter where it lasted until Thursday morning.
How can calling Tim Scott “Uncle Tim” be racist when he just told everyone this isn’t a racist country? 🙂🇺🇸
— DEFUND & ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES (@BreeNewsome) April 29, 2021
Lawmakers even questioned if the term violated Twitter’s own policies, accusing the platform of hypocrisy.
One opinion piece even went as far as calling Scott the “black whisperer for white supremacy.” One host of the left-leaning program, The View, suggested Scott was used to provide the rebuttal solely because of his skin color.
“It struck me that Biden’s speech was certainly presidential.”@Sunny Hostin on the president’s #JointAddress to Congress and Sen. Tim Scott’s GOP response: “I was sort of disappointed that he was used in this way.” https://t.co/f8u2wbJuik pic.twitter.com/gAiwFfbMKr
— The View (@TheView) April 29, 2021
“I mean, why was he chosen to give this rebuttal?” Sunny Hostin, co-host of The View, questioned. “He was chosen because he is the only black Republican senator. He’s the person who Republicans want to put out in front because of the problem of racism in this country, and he knows that. So I was sort of disappointed that he was used in this way.”
In a surprising move, Vice President Kamala Harris agreed with Scott’s claim that America is not racist, but it does have a history it must contend with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fld_MH-1Qns?feature=oembed
“Well first of all, no, I don’t think America is a racist country,” Harris said. “But we also do have to speak the truth about the history of racism in our country and its existence today.”
Harris added, she was disappointed in Scott’s rebuttal and claimed domestic terrorism originating from white supremacists is “one of the greatest threats to our national security.”
Scott’s critics even dismissed his bipartisan work on police reform, saying he’s not a “serious player” and calling Republicans “bad-faith actors.”
Source: One America News Network
