South Carolina Republican says Democrats should 'take a look in the mirror' before accusing GOP of racism
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Democrat beside their name or a
show on NBC News
joining Us South Carolina,
Senator TIM Scott
Senator, I thought the speech
was amazing.
Im sorry,
it saddens me.
I have many conservative
african american friends and
they go through the same thing.
Read his book, blacklash,
Google, my name
Sean, thank you for having me
on your show:
Votetim Scott dot com
viewers, her the response.
So thank you so much for that.
The left has lost her mind
today.
It is really saddening to see
that what the left is doing is
fighting bigotry with bigotry.
They have expose their hypocrisy
and their true motivation.
It has nothing to do with ending
prejudice.
It has everything to do with
claiming or getting more power.
I have never seen such power
grab and using people in such a
despicable way.
It is really disheartening to
see the left response. Frankly,
even twitters response to
racism and racial slurs
if it comes from the left and
must be okay according to
twitters response, twelve hours
later,
but thanks to your viewers for
going to votetimscott dot com.
Thank you all. So much
that really made a difference.
Lindsay is right,
the next several months, if not
the next two years of my life,
will be standing in the gap for
what we know as traditional
american values.
We love people, not parties.
We love the content, not the
color.
Our nation stands in greatness
because we fought back against
those darker angels and we
believed, frankly, in the better
angels.
I wish for Democrats who always
virtue signal,
take a look at the mirror and
ask themselves with a put up
with that from anyone other than
themselves
and if you wont police,
yourselves, dont, look to the
other side.
Meghan Mccain
actually said something I agree
with.
If you are okay with this dont
talk to me about involving race,
I thought I was pretty powerful
statement on behalf of her.
You know im watching all of
this unfolds.
It is sad because we have known
each other now many years and
its just its just wrong
and in this woke, cancel culture.
It seems like there are very few
areas where this type of
intolerance is accepted
and it seems to be accepted by
major news organizations.
Do you have a message to them?
Specifically tonight
well, in my opinion, what
they are fueling is a backlash.
Maybe they dont realize it or
not, but at some point people get
sick and tired of being sick and
tired, and they start reacting as
opposed to responding to the
criticism and the negativity,
fortunately, for me, ive had to
endure for the last couple of
years, as I keep coming to the
conclusion that we got it right,
so the most inclusive economy.
Frankly, in american history,
the last administration
President Trump, we created
seven million jobs with two thirds
going to African Americans and
Hispanics and women.
We saw the lowest unemployment
rate.
We didnt care, whether you were
black or white.
We looked for for ways to expand
opportunities and give people
options to make their own
decisions
thats. What America is about
and sure we have had some
challenges we keep rising to the
occasion
we confront the person in the
mirror which allows us to move
over,
but the left Shawn. The left
refuses to do that.
The left wants to find a
scapegoat as opposed to helping
build a better America.
What they want to do is spend
six dollars trillion.
Where are we going to get it
from?
They dont care
to do what
to make sure that they have a
permanent underclass
people that think they can
control,
but what I am seeing- and I spoke
to President Trump today-
what we are seeing happen is
this response from good in
tented people who happen to be
black, who happen to be
hispanic. Who happened to be
white who happen to be asian,
rising up and saying. You wont
tell me what to think
im going to decide that for
myself.
So there is a calming backlash
to this liberal oppression that
is becoming front and center and
they are not even hiding their
hands anymore, Sean
thats, why its so important
that we stand in the gap for the
nation,
because the greatest comeback in
american history is on its way.
You know its
amazing.
You give specific examples of
racism.
Nobody has doubted. There are
ignorant racist people,
there are evil people in this
world
and nobody that I know wants any
thing to do with those ignorant
people.
We have a subset group of
people.
I think the majority of
Americans are good, honest, decent
people.
The beauty of our founders- I
would argue you can agree or
disagree- is that they created a
system where you can write
wrongs, correct injustices come
become a more perfect union.
We have a history of doing all
of that and a lot of bloodshed
in the process and a lot of
heroism and encourage along the
way by people of all races
and then im like but
Joe Biden. How does he get away
with praising the guy that
filibustered the civil rights civil racks
Dominic? He doesnt want school T
Dominic, he doesnt want school t
racial jungles and not one
person on NBC News or in the
media mob or in the
Democratic Party, seems to care
about that history, because maybe
im wrong Senator Scott, but if
a Republican, Donald Trump or any
other Republican have the
background and history im
pretty sure they would criticize
him daily.
What do I know
im just a talk show host.
It would be unrelenting.
There is no doubt about that
Sean.
We would have a cascading
effect.
We would never see the light of
day because we would become of
the drumming would never stop.
The truth of the matter is that
hypocrisy needs to stop.
I am a black man.
I am proud to be black.
I happen to be a conservative,
because I came to the conclusion
a long time ago that
conservative policies and
principles is the way that we
set people free
free to be whoever they want to
be.
You actually are free to
disagree with me,
that is the beauty of America,
and what the Democrats are
selling is that you are not free
to be yourself.
You cannot disagree with the
Democrats.
You cant disagree with
progressive liberals and still
be seen as mainstream in this
country.
Two last questions:
why does Joe Biden get a pass on
his background, his history and
what did Donald Trump say to you
today?
Number one ill start with
good news, good and bad news,
good news Trump called me just
say he thought I did a
spectacular job.
He said it was fantastic.
It was spectacular.
He really enjoyed listening to
it,
im glad that he listened to it
my
and he wants to make sure that
we keep working to get things
done for the country.
Believe it or not. One of the
things that we talked about for
a very short
lack of time was how to make
progress for the most
vulnerable.
He is still focusing on getting
things done from a policy
standpoint by encouraging us to
continue down the path that
leads to american progress.
On the other side, I have asked
the same question:
the nineteen ninety four Biden prison bill. It
was a prison bill.
It incarcerated
disproportionately
african Americans.
Can you imagine any republican
talking about putting people
back in chains or saying that if
you dont vote for me, you are
not black.
I dont know what it is about
this paternalism that comes from
the left, but it is front and
center and it is shameful
im actually sad for them
because they are going to
continue unless we stand in that
gap to teach people that this
nation and who we are is
antithetical to the actual
reality that I have lived. My
grandfather has lived Daniel
Cameron, James Carson, and the
list just goes on
once again. Thank you, Sean for
your work and thank you Lindsay
for helping me raise resources
at votetimscott dot com.
Your race is
important.
You are up in twenty twenty two
one thing I do know, and I have
talked to a lot of my friends in
South Carolina.
They were never more proud of
you than last night.
Thank you, Sir, for being with us,
and I am sorry that you had to
go through that the last.
Transcript generated on 2021-04-30.