Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) threw Barack Obama’s own success back in his face after the 44th president criticized the 2024 GOP presidential candidate for his past comments on race. “Let us not forg…
“Let us not forget we are a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression,” ScottThursday night. “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.”
Scott was responding to comments Obama made on CNN’s “The Axe Files” podcast, hosted by his former adviser and chief campaign strategist David Axelrod.“There’s a long history of African-American or other minority candidates within the Republican Party who will validate America and say, ‘Everything’s great, and we can make it,’” Obama said of Scott, adding that “Nikki Haley, I think, has a similar approach.
“If somebody’s 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. We actually have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk.’ If they’re not doing that, then I think people are rightly skeptical,” he added.
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