Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is the only Black candidate vying for the GOP s presidential nomination and while he has talked openly about race in America sometimes seizing the moment to challenge his competitors his messaging on the issue hasn t often separated him from the other candidates in the field.
Since he s launched his bid for the White House, Scott, like his Republican rivals, has leaned into his belief that America is "not a racist country" and his opposition to so-called "critical race theory" and other views that emphasize identity.
"Joe Biden and the radical left are attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb," he said in his campaign launch speech, in May.
"When I cut your taxes, they called me a prop. When I re-funded the police, they called me a token. When I pushed back on President Biden, they even called me the N-word," he said. "I disrupt their narrative. I threa
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is the only Black candidate vying for the GOP s presidential nomination and while he has talked openly about race in America sometimes seizing the moment to challenge his competitors his messaging on the issue hasn t often separated him from the other candidates in the field.
Since he s launched his bid for the White House, Scott, like his Republican rivals, has leaned into his belief that America is "not a racist country" and his opposition to so-called "critical race theory" and other views that emphasize identity.
"Joe Biden and the radical left are attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb," he said in his campaign launch speech, in May.
"When I cut your taxes, they called me a prop. When I re-funded the police, they called me a token. When I pushed back on President Biden, they even called me the N-word," he said. "I disrupt their narrative. I threa
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is the only Black candidate vying for the GOP s presidential nomination and while he has talked openly about race in America sometimes seizing the moment to challenge his competitors his messaging on the issue hasn t often separated him from the other candidates in the field.
Since he s launched his bid for the White House, Scott, like his Republican rivals, has leaned into his belief that America is "not a racist country" and his opposition to so-called "critical race theory" and other views that emphasize identity.
"Joe Biden and the radical left are attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb," he said in his campaign launch speech, in May.
"When I cut your taxes, they called me a prop. When I re-funded the police, they called me a token. When I pushed back on President Biden, they even called me the N-word," he said. "I disrupt their narrative. I threa
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is the only Black candidate vying for the GOP s presidential nomination and while he has talked openly about race in America sometimes seizing the moment to challenge his competitors his messaging on the issue hasn t often separated him from the other candidates in the field.
Since he s launched his bid for the White House, Scott, like his Republican rivals, has leaned into his belief that America is "not a racist country" and his opposition to so-called "critical race theory" and other views that emphasize identity.
"Joe Biden and the radical left are attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb," he said in his campaign launch speech, in May.
"When I cut your taxes, they called me a prop. When I re-funded the police, they called me a token. When I pushed back on President Biden, they even called me the N-word," he said. "I disrupt their narrative. I threa
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