Scott spoke about how Biden promised to unite the nation but had done the opposite. His speech subtly criticized Washington Post “fact-checker” Glenn Kessler for suggesting Scott’s “family’s poverty was actually privilege.” Scott ended with his faith and “a word from a worship song that helped me through this past year.”
The liberal mobbing of Scott was almost instantaneous and reminiscent of how Democrats used to treat African Americans who dared speak out.
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Leftist media types went after Scott with a vengeance. MSNBC host Joy Reid slammed him: “I am shocked and a bit embarrassed for him. This was a lost opportunity.” She called his response “Republican pablum.”
The press was especially angry that Scott explained how, “America isn’t a racist country.” That quote dominated headlines of the speech – USA Today, BBC, Politico and others. Not the narrative the left wanted. He talked about his own life experiences in an uplifting way – the trials, the pain and the faith that brought him through.
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CNN’s Van Jones, who once declared the election of Donald Trump was caused by a “white-lash,” dismissed Scott’s lived experience. “He lost a lot of African Americans, by the tens of millions, when he said America is not a racist nation,” said Jones.
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Comedian Scott Nevins accused Scott of “uncle Tom’ing it for his life” and saying “South Carolina should be so ashamed.”
He later apologized with the unbelievable claim it was a joke gone wrong: “Tonight I tried to do an ironic joke about Sen Tim Scott using the term ‘Uncle Tom’ in his rebuttal. While I was shocked by his lack of self-awareness, I should not have used that term myself, even in reference. That was not right. I apologize.”
However, independent journalist Yashar Ali blasted Nevins and reminded him he’s used the term “Uncle Tom” on other occasions. “Holy cow @ScottNevins what is wrong with you. You ‘apologized for the tweet above saying it was an attempt at a joke but this is your history???” He pointed out how Nevins had attacked former HUD secretary Ben Carson with the term three times and Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott once.
What’s especially horrible is that Scott even spoke during his response about how that term had been used against him by the left. “I’ve also experienced a different kind of intolerance. I get called ‘Uncle Tom’ and the N-word by progressives, by liberals,” the senator said. “Just last week, a national newspaper suggested that my family’s poverty was actually privilege because a relative owned land generations before my time.”
CNN anchor Abby Phillip joined in the anti-Scott criticism, accusing him of being “extraordinarily partisan.”
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