{"id":1984683,"date":"2023-07-27T22:10:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-stresses-theres-no-silver-lining-in-slavery-amid-desantis-tensions\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T22:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:11:43","slug":"tim-scott-stresses-theres-no-silver-lining-in-slavery-amid-desantis-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-stresses-theres-no-silver-lining-in-slavery-amid-desantis-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Scott emphasizes that there are no positive aspects to slavery, especially in light of the tensions with DeSantis."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftim-scott-stresses-theres-no-silver-lining-in-slavery-amid-desantis-tensions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sen. \u2064Tim Scott: No &#8220;Benefits&#8221; to Slavery<\/h2>\n<p>ANKENY,\u2062 Iowa \u2014 \u2064In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meme-lords-just-figured-out-how-to-take-back-the-billions-wall-street-made-profiting-off-lockdowns-the-washington-standard\/\" title=\"Meme Lords Just Figured Out How To Take Back The Billions Wall Street Made Profiting Off Lockdowns\">powerful statement<\/a>, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) \u200cemphasized that there\u2063 were no &#8220;benefits&#8221; \u2062to slavery, following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">heated exchange<\/a> between Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) regarding\u2064 Florida&#8217;s \u200dnew <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions\/\" title=\"DeSantis questions critics: Harris or Florida in black history dispute?\">black history teaching standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As\u200b a\u200d country founded upon freedom, the greatest deprivation of freedom was slavery,&#8221; Scott told reporters on Thursday after \u2062a \u2062town\u2062 hall in Ankeny. &#8220;There&#8217;s \u200bno silver lining in slavery. &#8230; Any benefits that \u2062people\u200b suggest\u2062 you \u200chad from slavery, you would \u200dhave\u200d had as a free person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Denouncing Slavery as &#8220;Devastating&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Scott passionately denounced slavery as &#8220;devastating,&#8221; highlighting its impact on families, the physical and \u2063emotional mutilation of\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-verdi-conservative-grievances-are-so-1776\/\" title=\"Jim Verdi: Conservative Grievances Are So 1776\">enslaved individuals<\/a>, and even the rape of their wives. This came in response \u200cto\u200d DeSantis defending the Florida \u200bBoard of Education&#8217;s approval of new \u2064black history teaching standards, arguing \u200dthat they focus on the skills \u200benslaved people developed &#8220;in spite of slavery, not because of slavery.&#8221; Donalds \u2062had expressed criticism towards certain provisions of these standards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would hope that every person in our country and certainly running for president would appreciate that,&#8221; Scott said, drawing inspiration from Genesis 1:26. &#8220;People have bad days. Sometimes they regret what they say. And we should\u2064 ask them again to clarify their positions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Concerns Over the Weaponization of the\u2064 Department of Justice<\/h3>\n<p>Scott was also questioned about\u200c the additional charges brought\u2062 against former President Donald Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-stresses-theres-no-silver-lining-in-slavery-amid-desantis-tensions\/\" title=\"Tim Scott emphasizes that there are no positive aspects to slavery, especially in light of the tensions with DeSantis.\">federal classified \u2062documents case<\/a> by special\u2062 counsel Jack Smith.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end, what we all\u2063 should be very concerned about is \u2063the weaponization of the Department of Justice,&#8221; the senator expressed. &#8220;We should be very careful about how \u2064we use immense power\u2062 against political opponents. That is not good for the soul of our country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We need\u200c Lady Justice to \u200cwear a blindfold,\u2064 and what we&#8217;ve seen today, not just with the indictments against the former \u2062president but also\u200c the current president&#8217;s son, \u200bwith two very different tracks,&#8221;\u200d he added. &#8220;I&#8217;ve said consistently that the Department of \u200dJustice too often seems to be weaponized against political opponents,\u200b but\u2063 it protects &#8230;\u200b Democrats at large.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u2064here<\/a> \u2062to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) emphasized that slavery had no &#8220;benefits&#8221; following a dispute between Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) regarding Florida&#8217;s black history teaching standards. Scott, speaking to reporters in Ankeny, stated that slavery was the most significant denial of freedom in a nation built on liberty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}