@freddoso @JGreenDC if you challenge Obama, its bc he's black, racist, if you don't challenge Scott, its bc he's black, racist @fdwilkinson
— ¡El Sooopèrr! ن c137 (@SooperMexican) May 9, 2014
Well, so much for judging a man on the content of his character rather than the color of his skin.
Want to see a racist? See here -> @fdwilkinson
— RBe (@RBPundit) May 9, 2014
Apparently Bloomberg View’s Francis Wilkinson missed the point of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s timeless message, because if you ask him, Sen. Tim Scott’s success and popularity are due to the fact that Republicans have “lowered the bar” for blacks:
Scott benefits from a widespread recognition among Tea Partyers and conservatives in general that a high-profile black conservative is a thing most rare and precious. The act of supporting a black conservative is both an absolution for the past and a shield for the present and future. In South Carolina, where the Confederate battle flag still flies on the state capitol grounds, and where a recent lieutenant governor seemed a little too enthusiastic about all things confederate, that matters.
In effect, South Carolina Republicans treat Scott like the national party previously treated the ham-handed presidential candidate Herman Cain and the party’s not-quite-competent chairman during Obama’s first term, Michael Steele: They are members of an endangered political species for whom the bar is effectively lowered.
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Good thing Scott is a black Republican. Otherwise Wilkinson might be in serious trouble.
https://twitter.com/Jon_D_/status/464865312459227136
So basically, there's nothing too nasty or non-fact-based that you can't write about a black GOP senator. http://t.co/oCiQ92BW1t
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) May 9, 2014
Wilkinson would like his readers to believe that it’s the Republican Party that’s got issues. But he’d be wise to take a long, hard look at himself.
Damn, @fdwilkinson you project quite a bit of your own racism here!!http://t.co/RVcTPNQIeZ
— tyler stevens (@UnkleFabio) May 9, 2014
.@fdwilkinson < #AnotherLeftistBigot Disgusting. @BV
— Add your name (@corrcomm) May 9, 2014
@ByronYork An odious article by @fdwilkinson. Scott doesn't have a TP challenge b/c he is a TP. @BV should be ashamed at such garbage.
— Taro Tsujimoto (@RCannon74) May 8, 2014
https://twitter.com/GentleBen187/status/464876879162261504
https://twitter.com/GOPBlackChick/status/464877220993835008
@fdwilkinson Your @SenatorTimScott comments remind us again that irrational hatred,bigotry,& overall bat shit craziness r hallmarks of left
— Eric Christen (@ericdchristen) May 9, 2014
Clearly Wilkinson is the one with the problem.
Wow. RT @JGreenDC: hey @fdwilkinson… your Tim Scott piece skipped the dog whistle and went straight to racism http://t.co/b8Z40MYoby
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) May 9, 2014
The Washington Examiner’s Justin Green might be able to help Francis with his introspection:
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/464860543380389889
That's legit criticism. But also explicitly in piece. U think overall thesis wrong? (I'm at airport. reply speed variable.) @JGreenDC
— Francis Wilkinson (@fdwilkinson) May 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/464869154064203776
Lovely? Why am I skeptical? @JGreenDC: @fdwilkinson I'm writing you a lovely reply.”
— Francis Wilkinson (@fdwilkinson) May 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/464871754591379456
https://twitter.com/JGreenDC/status/464878231674695681
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