{"id":239628,"date":"2021-04-30T22:49:56","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/republicans-come-to-tim-scotts-defense-amid-racist-attacks\/"},"modified":"2021-04-30T22:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:49:56","slug":"republicans-come-to-tim-scotts-defense-amid-racist-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/republicans-come-to-tim-scotts-defense-amid-racist-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"#Republicans come to Tim Scott’s defense amid racist attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Republicans come to Tim Scott’s defense amid racist attacks<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Republican lawmakers are coming to the defense of Sen. Tim Scott after he faced a torrent of racist responses from some Democrats to his\u00a0rebuttal to President Biden\u2019s first address.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Fox News<\/a> Thursday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called the smears against his GOP colleague \u201cdisgusting\u201d before slamming Democrats and Twitter<\/a> for allowing a racial slur to trend. <\/p>\n

\u201cTim is a good friend, and he understands the miracle of opportunity that is America, that there\u2019s no nation in the history of the world that has enabled so many people to start with nothing and achieve the American dream,\u201d the Texas senator began.<\/p>\n

After praising Scott for his characterization of racism in America, Cruz turned his focus toward Twitter, which allowed the racial slur \u201cUncle Tim\u201d to app<\/a>ear on its list of trending topics for 12 hours after the speech. <\/p>\n

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Sen. Tim Scott delivered the rebuke of President Biden\u2019s address to Congress.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTwitter, on the other hand \u2014 listen, the left is intolerant, the left believes in cancel culture, and there are few things that enrage the left more than minorities that don\u2019t sit down and shut up and obey.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview on the same network Thursday, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) also came to Scott\u2019s defense, calling the racially based hatred her colleague received \u201cshameful.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know that\u2019s shameful, that is shameful. If anybody knows Tim Scott, you know him to be the real deal. A wonderful human being that helps all of us understand his growing up, his challenges. He talked about that last night,\u201d the West Virginia senator told anchor John Roberts.<\/p>\n

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The term \u201cUncle Tim\u201d was a trending topic on Twitter.<\/figcaption>
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Actress Yvette Nicole Brown was one of those to use the Uncle Tim phrase on Twitter.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cI mean, I don\u2019t understand this idea that if you don\u2019t have the right political label, you can\u2019t talk about your own upbringing and your own focus, and you have to be so derided,\u201d she continued. \u201cI think it\u2019s horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who serves the same state as Scott, took to Twitter<\/a> to express his disgust at the hate his colleague had received.<\/p>\n

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TV personality Scott Nevins has since apologized on Twitter for this tweet.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cTo the despicable liberals who are trying to smear my good friend @senatorTimScott \u2014 all because he dares to be conservative and proud of it \u2014 you are failing miserably. He\u2019s getting stronger by the day!\u201d Graham wrote.<\/p>\n

Scott is hitting back himself, accusing the left of exposing their own \u201chypocrisy\u201d and \u201ctrue motivation.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sen. Ted Cruz was appalled by the backlash Sen. Tim Scott has faced after his speech.<\/figcaption>
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Speaking\u00a0to Fox News\u2019 \u201cHannity\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Thursday evening, Scott described it as \u201csaddening to see\u201d the kind of backlash he faced as a black man for saying in his address to the nation that \u201cAmerica is not a racist country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe left has lost their mind today. It\u2019s really saddening to see. What the left is doing is fighting bigotry with bigotry, and they\u2019ve exposed their hypocrisy and their true motivation,\u201d he continued, noting that those incentives have \u201cnothing to do with ending prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cUncle Tim\u201d trended on Twitter for 12 hours.<\/figcaption>
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Scott\u2019s speech to the nation came late Wednesday.<\/p>\n

By Thursday morning, the term \u201cUncle Tim\u201d was trending on Twitter, a reference to the term \u201cUncle Tom,\u201d which describes a black person who is obsequious to white people.<\/p>\n

It took the social media platform 12 hours to take the racially based term down from its \u201cTrending\u201d section.<\/p>\n

The South Carolina senator, whose name has been thrown around as a 2024 presidential contender, called it \u201creally disheartening to see the left\u2019s response and frankly, even Twitter\u2019s response to racism and racial slurs.<\/p>\n

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Policy analyst Javon Price spoke out against the \u201cUncle Tim\u201d response from the left.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cIf it comes from the left it must be okay, according to Twitter\u2019s response 12 hours later,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish the Democrats \u2014 who always feign or virtue signal \u2014 would take a look in the mirror and ask themselves: would they put up with that from anyone other than themselves? And if you won\u2019t police yourselves, don\u2019t look at the other side.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott went on to express pride in who he is and how he identifies before again calling out the hypocrisy of those going after him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe truth of the matter is, the hypocrisy needs to stop. I am a black man, I am proud to be black. I happen to be a conservative because I came to the conclusion a long time ago that conservative policies and principles is the way that we set people free, free to be whoever they want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the hate that Sen. Tim Scott has endured is \u201cshameful.\u201d<\/figcaption>
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\u201cYou actually are free to disagree with me, that\u2019s the beauty of America, and what Democrats are selling is that you are not free to be yourself.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n