Twitter Goes In On Tim Scott After He Says The US Is ‘Not A Racist Country’
By Regina Park
April 29, 2021
South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott was the subject of a dragging on Twitter after he said America is “not a racist country” during a speech. Scott delivered his party’s rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s Congressional Address on Wednesday (April 28) and sent social media buzzing.
Twitter users wanted to know how Scott reached his conclusion about America not being a racist nation even though he said he had “experienced the pain of discrimination.” The senator also added, “I know what it feels like to be pulled over for no reason and to be followed around a store while I’m shopping.”
Scott, who is the only Black Republican serving in the Senate, said he gets called “Uncle Tom and the N word by Progressives,” which led to “Uncle Tim” trending on Twitter.
"I get called Uncle Tom and the N word by progressives...I know firsthand, our healing is not finished," Sen. Tim Scott says in GOP rebuttal of President Biden's address to Congress, adding later, "Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country." pic.twitter.com/EOet8AriSb
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 29, 2021
Tim Scott, the only Black Republican Senator, used his speech to justify voter suppression in Georgia instead of calling for restoring Voting Rights Act
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 29, 2021
Until senator Tim Scott stops pushing falsehoods and starts confronting the racism and white supremacy throughout his own party and hold those accountable who incited an insurrection I really don’t want to hear him lecture on anything.
— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) April 29, 2021
Some white people even joined in the trend, which some called ironic given Scott’s assertion that America isn’t racist. People checked them, too, though.
There sure are a lot of white people on this app comfortably hurling racial slurs at Senator Tim Scott.
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) April 29, 2021
It’s almost like they have said them... pic.twitter.com/lbI6EdcN6k
The irony of white folks making Uncle Tom jokes after Tim Scott just said America “isn’t a racist country” is WAY TOO RICH for my day. pic.twitter.com/kocRIzWXym
— brittany packnett cunningham ain’t here for real. (@MsPackyetti) April 29, 2021
Sen. Scott added in his remarks that Joe Biden was dividing the country, and called police officers who patrol Black communities “brave.” “We are not adversaries,” he said. “We are family.”
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