GOP Senator Scott says the left’s hypocrisy has been ‘exposed’ after his Biden rebuttal and says they are ‘fighting bigotry with bigotry’ – claiming ‘they are attacking the color of my skin’
- Tim Scott, Republican senator for South Carolina, was on Hannity on Thursday
- Scott discussed backlash to his rebuttal of Joe Biden’s Congressional speech
- The black senator was called ‘Uncle Tim’ – a reference to the ‘Uncle Tom’ slur
- The insult is used to describe a black person who is too deferential to whites
- Scott on Thursday night said the insults exposed the left’s ‘hypocrisy’
- He told Sean Hannity the left was about to face a significant backlash
- Earlier Scott told another Fox show he was being attacked for his skin color
Tim Scott has accused the left of ‘hypocrisy’ following their attacks on his Wednesday night rebuttal of Joe Biden’s speech to Congress, saying the slurs left him saddened, but more convinced than ever that he was right to be a Republican.
The South Carolina senator was pilloried on Wednesday night and Thursday for delivering the traditional rebuttal to the president’s remarks.
Scott, the only black Republican senator, was mocked on Twitter as ‘Uncle Tim’, a play on the ‘Uncle Tom’ racial slur, used to describe black people who were too deferential to whites.
Twitter took 12 hours to remove the term from its trending list, and on on Thursday night Scott asked where the left-wing outrage was at the racial slur.
‘It is really saddening to see that what the left is doing is fighting bigotry with bigotry,’ Scott told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Tim Scott, senator for South Carolina, appeared on Hannity’s show on Thursday night
The South Carolina senator addressed the response to his rebuttal to Biden’s Congress speech
‘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.’
Biden, pictured on Thursday in Georgia marking his 100th day in office, would soon face a backlash, Scott warned, with people saying ‘you won’t tell me what to think’
Scott, who is facing re-election in 2022, said that it was a depressing spectacle.
‘It is really disheartening to see the left response, and frankly even Twitter’s response to racism and racial slurs.
‘If it comes from the left, and must be okay according to Twitter’s response 12 hours later.’
Scott said he was confident there would soon be a ‘backlash’ to the ‘paternalism’ of the left.
‘What we are seeing happen is this response from good intentioned 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 won’t tell me what to think.
‘I’m going to decide that for myself.
‘There is a coming backlash to this liberal oppression that is becoming front and center.’
Scott, 55, earlier told a different Fox show, Fox & Friends, that he was frequently attacked by liberals for his skin color.
‘Intolerance so often comes from the left with words like ‘Uncle Tim’ and the ‘n-word’ being used against me,’ Scott said.
‘And last night what was trending in social media was ‘Uncle Tim,’ and they doubled down on this concept of liberal oppression.
‘It is stunning in 2021 that those who speak about ending discrimination want to end it by more discrimination.
‘The left has doubled down that they are going to, not attack my policies, but they’re literally attacking the color of my skin.’
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