senator tim scott of south carolina is working on what he calls a, quote, positive response to partisan rhetoric on race. scott, the only black republican senator, says president biden's voting rights speech was misleading and did not help the current climate. he's releasing a video series of listening sessions focused on improving minority communities and race relations. >> you pay for education once, but you pay for ignorance for the rest of your life. so it's a crucial piece. any community, if you can be uplifted, education has to be a foundation for that to occur. >> education, i feel like we are not hitting the mark. so whether you're black or white, you live in a marginalized community. the education system that we have today is not producing results in my opinion that feeds the high crime rates throughout the country. >> scott gave the gop response