Fury erupts as black Senator Tim Scott is called Uncle Tim in bigoted trope after he defends America as not a racist country in Republican response to Biden speech
Sen. Tim Scott declared that America is not a racist country as he delivered the GOP rebuttal to President Joe Biden s first speech before Congress
On Twitter Uncle Tim , a reference to the derogatory racial caricature Uncle Tom that depicts black people as subservient, was soon trending Sen @TimScottSC is uncle Tom ing it for his life. So sad. South Carolina should be so ashamed, wrote white personality Scott Nevins
A racial slur about Tim Scott trending on Twitter and more round out today’s top media headlines.
The press loved President Joe Biden’s first 100 days speech as much as they despised the Republican response – handled with grace and charm by South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. CNN implied the African American Scott was a token and Twitter trended the despicable hashtag #UncleTim.
Scott spoke about how Biden promised to unite the nation but had done the opposite. His speech subtly criticized Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler for suggesting Scott’s family s poverty was actually privilege. Scott ended with his faith and a word from a worship song that helped me through this past year.
Fox News Outnumbered panel weighs in on Sen. Tim Scott getting praise for rebuttal to Biden s speech.
Some prominent liberal groups, including Black Lives Matter and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), haven t weighed in on the Uncle Tim Twitter insults lobbed at Sen. Tim Scott Wednesday night.
Scott, R-S.C., the only Black Republican in the Senate, delivered Republicans response to President Biden s address to a joint session of Congress.
The senator, who is behind a push for police reform legislation and had a bill on the issue blocked via filibuster by Senate Democrats last year, made headlines by declaring America is not a racist country.
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