{"id":462850,"date":"2021-04-30T14:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=462850"},"modified":"2021-04-30T14:35:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:35:53","slug":"left-responds-with-racist-comments-to-sen-tim-scotts-claim-america-is-not-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/left-responds-with-racist-comments-to-sen-tim-scotts-claim-america-is-not-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Left responds with racist comments to Sen. Tim Scott\u2019s claim \u2018America is not racist\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fleft-responds-with-racist-comments-to-sen-tim-scotts-claim-america-is-not-racist%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=462850&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--><div id=\"attachment_2403199\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2403199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a0WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 28: Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) walks through the U.S. Capitol before he delivers the Republican response to President Biden\u2019s address to congress April 28, 2021 in Washington, DC.\u00a0 (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:15 AM PT \u2013 Friday, April 30, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>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\u2019s congressional address Wednesday and said lawmakers need to find common ground.<\/p>\n<p>He also touched on Republican-led efforts Democrats have claimed are hurting the nation. However, no comment drew a harsher response than Scott\u2019s claim that America is not a racist country.<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Scott acknowledged the country has healing to do, but said the country is not racist, adding, it\u2019s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. He even acknowledged the intolerance he sees from across the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve also experienced a different kind of intolerance,\u201d Sen. Scott stated. \u201cI get called Uncle Tom and the N-word by progressives! By liberals! Just last week, a national newspaper suggested my family\u2019s poverty was actually privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A major strategy of racists, is to incentivize one of it&#8217;s Black victims to act as the crash test dummy for white supremacy.<\/p>\n<p>When Uncle Tim Scott says America is not a racist country, he is fully aware he is speaking in bad faith.<\/p>\n<p> The purpose is to protect white supremacists <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wk8OVF2Nl1\">pic.twitter.com\/Wk8OVF2Nl1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tariq Nasheed \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@tariqnasheed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tariqnasheed\/status\/1387645256875708418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an echo of that very comment, liberal figures quickly jumped on Scott\u2019s comment as he was accused of not knowing the difference between \u201cracism\u201d and \u201csystemic racism.\u201d Shortly after his speech, the phrase \u201cUncle Tim\u201d began trending on Twitter where it lasted until Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How can calling Tim Scott \u201cUncle Tim\u201d be racist when he just told everyone this isn\u2019t a racist country? \ud83d\ude42\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DEFUND &#038; ABOLISH POLICE, REFUND OUR COMMUNITIES (@BreeNewsome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreeNewsome\/status\/1387640652599635969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawmakers even questioned if the term violated Twitter\u2019s own policies, accusing the platform of hypocrisy.<\/p>\n<p>One opinion piece even\u00a0 went as far as calling Scott the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/tim-scott-proves-black-whisperer-185700323.html\">black whisperer for white supremacy<\/a>.\u201d One host of the left-leaning program, The View, suggested Scott was used to provide the rebuttal solely because of his skin color.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt struck me that Biden\u2019s speech was certainly presidential.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sunny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sunny<\/a> Hostin on the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JointAddress?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JointAddress<\/a> to Congress and Sen. Tim Scott\u2019s GOP response: \u201cI was sort of disappointed that he was used in this way.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8u2wbJuik\">https:\/\/t.co\/f8u2wbJuik<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gAiwFfbMKr\">pic.twitter.com\/gAiwFfbMKr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The View (@TheView) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheView\/status\/1387821741175713792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI mean, why was he chosen to give this rebuttal?\u201d Sunny Hostin, co-host of The View, questioned. \u201cHe was chosen because he is the only black Republican senator. He\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising move, Vice President Kamala Harris agreed with Scott\u2019s claim that America is not racist, but it does have a history it must contend with.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kamala Harris talks about Biden\u2019s 1st presidential address to Congress l GMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fld_MH-1Qns?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell first of all, no, I don\u2019t think America is a racist country,\u201d Harris said. \u201cBut we also do have to speak the truth about the history of racism in our country and its existence today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris added, she was disappointed in Scott\u2019s rebuttal and claimed domestic terrorism originating from white supremacists is \u201cone of the greatest threats to our national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s critics even dismissed his bipartisan work on police reform, saying he\u2019s not a \u201cserious player\u201d and calling Republicans \u201cbad-faith actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/dia-china-capable-of-mounting-nuclear-weapons-to-planes-to-dominate-northeastern-western-africa\/\">DIA: China Capable Of Mounting Nuclear Weapons To Planes To Dominate Northeastern, Western Africa<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 28: Sen. 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