Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is firing back at former President Barack Obama (D).
During an interview on “The Mark Levin Show,” Scott reacted to Obama’s criticism about his comments on race in the country.
“The one thing the far Left does not want a Black person to be in this country is a conservative,” the senator insisted.
He continued, “It is possible for America to come together. But not because of the color of our skin, but because of the consistency of our value system.”
Listen to his comments below:
2024 GOP candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) fires back at Barack Obama, who criticized Scott's rhetoric on racism:
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"He missed a softball moving at slow speed with a big bat … The one thing the far left does not want a Black person to be in this country is a conservative." pic.twitter.com/gsfVAyHLMh
Scott also responded to Obama’s comment in a statement as he said, “Let us not forget we are a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. Democrats deny our progress to protect their power. The Left wants you to believe faith in America is a fraud and progress in our nation is a myth.”
“The truth of MY life disproves the lies of the radical Left. We live in a country where little Black and Brown boys and girls can be President of the United States. The truth is – we’ve had one and the good news is – we will have another,” he added.
Earlier this week, Obama sat down for an interview with CNN’s David Axelrod on his podcast “The Axe Files.”
“I’m not being cynical about Tim Scott individually. I am maybe suggesting that the rhetoric of ‘can’t we all get along?’ – and those quotes you made about, you know, from my speech in 2004 about there’s a ‘United States of America’ – that has to be undergirded with an honest accounting of our past and our present,” the former president said.
He continued:
“If a Republican who may even be sincere in saying ‘I want us all to live together’ doesn’t have a plan for how do we address crippling generational poverty that is a consequence of hundreds of years of racism in this society… If somebody is not proposing, both acknowledging and proposing elements that say, ‘No, we can’t just ignore all that and pretend as if everything’s equal and fair.’… If they’re not doing that, then I think people are rightly skeptical.”
Scott has argued the U.S. is not a racist country.
During his 2024 presidential campaign launch, he highlighted his own story as he said, “We live in the land where it is absolutely possible for a kid raised in poverty, in a single-parent household, in a small apartment to one day serve in the People’s House, and maybe even the White House.”
“This is the greatest nation on God’s green earth… I’m living proof that America is the land of opportunity and not the land of oppression,” Scott added.
And during an appearance on ABC’s “The View,” he called the notion that Black people can only succeed in the country “by being the exception” a “dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today.”
