Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) announced his support for Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions over a month ago, and he was immediately hit with a barrage of racist tweets calling his blackness into question. He hasn’t been shy about hitting back, flooring opponents with class and wit.
Now, with a vote to confirm Sessions expected later today, Scott is on the Senate floor having his say, and he’s reading some of those tweets to demonstrate what he sees as America “being torn apart by extremes on both ends.”
Sen. Tim Scott is on the Senate floor reading off bigoted tweets he's gotten for supporting Sessions' nomination.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 8, 2017
"I'm leaving out the ones that use the N-word," he says.
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/michaelcohen/status/829454558741090304
My heart is literally dropping listening to @SenatorTimScott on the floor right now.
— Erin Gray (@emgray) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott begins his floor speech on Sessions saying that Coretta Scott King's letter should be read by every member of the Senate.
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) February 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/DallasGerber/status/829448055137173504
Here’s a bit of Scott’s speech:
.@SenatorTimScott: "When I leave the U.S. Senate one day I'm still going to be black." Watch LIVE on C-SPAN2 https://t.co/N9qPdAy0Rf pic.twitter.com/PkUxjekpmU
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott reads tweets criticizing his endorsement of Sen. Jeff Sessions: "I left out all the ones that use the n-word." pic.twitter.com/AhTnGaUyiz
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 8, 2017
"Black everyday. Black every way. And there's no doubt," @SenatorTimScott says of himself.
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) February 8, 2017
"Our country is being torn apart by extremes on both ends." – @SenatorTimScott
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott: "If you sign up to be a black conservative you will be attacked."
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott is reading tweets on his support for Sessions. One called him "Uncle Tim Scott."
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) February 8, 2017
"How does a black man turn on his own?" Sen. Scott says, reading more critical tweets of himself. "He's a house negro."
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) February 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/karoun/status/829447844507508736
@SenatorTimScott "Too many on the Republican side are wrongly accused that they are rascist…with no knowledge of the person"
— Guardian of an Angel (@CutestBabyInUSA) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott: "Two decades of this, you don't necessarily get used to this but you don't find yourself as offended by it all."
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott: "I wish my liberal friends…would want to be innocent to proven innocent and not innocent until proven guilty."
— Emma Dumain (@Emma_Dumain) February 8, 2017
@SenatorTimScott Quote me: We are the party of Abraham Lincoln. No race or religion will desuade us from freeing all Americans.
— Guardian of an Angel (@CutestBabyInUSA) February 8, 2017
Hopefully Scott’s liberal friends will take his speech to heart, but “the resistance” wasn’t moved.
Just retweetwing this since I gave up on finding a single black person who expressed any support for @SenatorTimScott BS speech to whitey https://t.co/61exdwFfHR
— ? Oracle of Obama ? (@jryangolden) February 8, 2017
Boy, don't you tire of the being the GOP token black man?
— C&G Eclectics (@cgeclectics) February 8, 2017
Fortunately, his words reached a few hearts.
"He is not a racist." @SenatorTimScott just stomped on the racist narrative of @jeffsessions. #ContentOfHisCharacter ⚖️ pic.twitter.com/qEcvZt3abQ
— David (@big03DAVE) February 8, 2017
All the media who tweeted/reported on Sen Warren endlessly need to report as much on Sen Scott's speech if they have any integrity.
— Kathleen McKinley (@KatMcKinley) February 8, 2017
I can't say how much I love Tim Scott calling out the REAL racists. https://t.co/VSYXzuTIgm
— BigJim (@BigJimNC55) February 8, 2017
@SenatorTimScott I listened to you today and of all the times I have, I think this was one of my favorites. I'm so proud of you!!
— Delta (@Ddriver2) February 8, 2017
.@SenatorTimScott is giving a phenomenal speech on the Senate floor right now. Proud to look up to this man.
— Evan Young (@real_EvanYoung) February 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/HankCampbell/status/829446384810090496
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