Black Republicans work for the White Man. That's a theme of Tiffany Cross's MSNBC show. She began a segment on Saturday with "I'm just going to say it: I don't know a lot of black Republicans who really ride for black people." She showed video of Virginia's Lieutenant Governor Winsome Sears, Herschel Walker, and Sen. Tim Scott.
Cross brought on her resident provocateur Elie Mystal said that black Republicans like Herschel Walker are "tokens":
about inflation. he doesn t talk about the price of gas. he doesn t talk about supply chain disruption or anything of that nature. but he brings up voting rights. the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this? pushing this during this time to, would i, call federalize elections? you know, what s sad about that, using the name of a great man to brand something, i think that s terrible to do. you know, senator lewis was one of the greatest senators that s ever been and for african americans that was incredible. to throw his name on a bill for voting rights, i think it s a shame. first of all, when you look at the bill, it just doesn t fit with what john lewis stood for. and i think they know that. and i think that it is said for them to do this. the lewis herschel walker is
not encourage but encourage. i mean that you get things done. out don t talk about it after but get it done right now. why don t we go in and get the idea, to get everything done right now instead of waiting until it is time to vote and start talking about it. and i think that is what people have to remember. s what peopl that s what peopo remember. got it? we ve got to encourage not encourage but encourage. you know what i mean? mister walker is trying to clarify his position on voting rights there. but again, he says, senator john lewis would never want to be associated with this. if he is trying to clarify his position on voting rights there, i don t think he was successful. if you diagram those sentences i don t think you would get closer to figuring out what he is getting at. look, it is fine to not be an expert on voting rights legislation. but to be clear, this is the guy, the republican party, both the trump wing and that mitch
his major endorsement, he has kept a low profile. he has tried to avoid interaction with voters, and he has basically turned down interview requests with mainstream journalists. and we may be starting to understand why that is. this is a clip from a recent interview mr. walker gave on a far-right internet or talk radio show. let s just watch over it. sink into this. raphael warnock doesn t talk about inflation. he doesn t talk about the price of gas. he doesn t talk about the supply chains, disruption or anything of that nature, but he brings up voting rights, the the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time, trying to what i call federalize elections? you know, using the name of
that s what people got to remember. you got it? we got to encourage not encourage, but encourage, you know what i mean? mr. walker s trying to clarify his position on voting rights, which he says senator john lewis would never want to be associated with, if he s trying to clarify his position on voting rights there, i do not think he was successful. even if you diagrammed each sentence, i don t think you get any closer to figuring out what he s getting at. and, look, it is totally fine to not be an expert on voting rights legislation. but to be clear, this is the guy the republican party both the trump wing and the mitch mcconnell wing are throwing their full weight behind for the u.s. senate seat from georgia currently occupied by raphael warnock. this is who they want representing the people of georgia next year. watch this space. watch this space