Senator Tim Scott announced on Saturday that he will appear on “The View” on Monday, after speaking out against Joy Behar’s claim that he doesn’t understand racism.
The African-American hopeful of 2024 said he wanted the chance to address the claims.
And it gives him a huge national stage to run as a different type of Republican candidate.
But he might miss the chance to face Behar, as Monday is usually his day off.
“I’m going to see Monday because I think it’s time for a conservative with a backbone to look those ladies in the eye and say you don’t have to be an exception to be successful in America,” he said. he told an audience of Republicans. in Des Moines, Iowa.
“You can rule and be successful in America. You see, I scare the dicks of the radical left and Joe Biden. The proof of my life destroys their lies.
Senator Tim Scott announced on Saturday that he will appear on ‘The View’ on Monday, after speaking out against Joy Behar’s claim that he doesn’t understand racism
He remains an underdog in the race for the Republican nomination. But he used the story of his life – enduring a difficult childhood and a broken home before finding his way into business and then politics – to offer an optimistic view of the American dream.
The bitter row began last week when Behar, 80, suggested successful black Americans who became Republicans don’t understand racism.
“He’s one of those guys, like Clarence Thomas, a black Republican, who believes in getting off the hook, rather than understanding the systemic racism that African Americans face in this country and other minorities.” , she said of Scott.
‘He does not understand. Neither did Clarence. That’s why they’re Republicans.
She spoke hours after Scott announced his run for the White House, and he was quick to condemn the comments last week.
Scott, 57, from South Carolina, said his lyrics were “the dumbest, most offensive thing he’s ever heard on TV”. Behar’s comments came hours after Scott announced his intention to run for president.
He also took to Twitter to argue that the left just doesn’t understand black Republicans.
Scott appeared with other 2024 hopefuls in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also appeared, although frontrunner Donald Trump stayed away
“When a black conservative who believes in the future of this nation stands up to be counted, he loses his mind,” he wrote.
He followed that up with comments on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – and referenced the longtime daytime fixture blackface scandal that made headlines just a few years ago.
“There’s no question that a white woman dressed as a blackface giving advice to a black man probably doesn’t ring true in anyone’s mind, certainly not in mine,” Scott said of Behar’s claims. that he doesn’t understand racism because he’s a Republican.
“Most importantly, I find it offensive, disgusting and dangerous.”
The rookie senator who was elected last November, first slammed Behar for posting a 1970s photo of herself dressed as a ‘beautiful African woman’ in 2016, then pointed to partisan hypocrisies he says , paved the way for such comments.
Appearing on a podcast on Tuesday, Scott, 57, from South Carolina, decried The View host’s comments last week as the ‘dumbest and most offensive thing he’s ever heard on TV »
Last Tuesday, Joy Behar bizarrely claimed that the Republican couldn’t understand racism because of his political alignment. His comments came hours after Scott announced his intention to run for president
“I’m used to the left attacking me for the truth of my life,” Scott told political commentators Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. “It proves their lies.”
The former junior senator from South Carolina continued: ‘I say this because of this – when I help draft the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [of 2017]they called me a prop.
“When I started talking about defunding the police, they called me a token.
“When I pushed back against President Biden’s smartest agenda, they called me the ‘n-word’.
“I’m used to it,” he said. ‘Here is what is dangerous and offensive to me, to every young kid in America who wants to think for themselves, come to their own conclusions.
“What they tell them is ‘stay in your lane, don’t stick your head out because we’re going to tell you how to think because you never learned anything about what you should think. “
He added: “It’s literally the dumbest and most offensive thing I’ve ever seen on TV” – to hear these millionaire TV personalities tell me how to live my life.
The pointed characterization was the first time the South Carolina native has spoken publicly about the controversy, having briefly addressed Behar’s remarks in a tweet shortly after they were made on May 23.
Her comments this time around – which aired on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show – were much more pointed and referenced the daytime fixture’s recent blackface scandal, which arose when she posted this ’70s photo of herself dressed as a ‘beautiful African woman’ in 2016
Behar’s comments came hours after Scott announced his intention to run for president in Charleston on May 22.
“As a black man, but more importantly, suggesting to every child, stay in your place, follow my example or you too will reap the same harvest as Tim Scott or Clarence Thomas – or any other conservative who dares to think by himself.’
The mention of Thomas, the conservative African-American jurist who is the senior associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, also refers to Behar’s comments last Tuesday – in which she compared the two black lawyers to one to each other while claiming they both don’t understand systemic racism.
“He’s one of those guys, like Clarence Thomas, a black Republican, who believes in getting off the hook, rather than understanding the systemic racism that African Americans face in this country and other minorities.” , she said of Scott.
‘He does not understand. Neither did Clarence. That’s why they’re Republicans.
The comment quickly proved divisive on social media, prompting several political commentators to chime in and criticize Behar for his behavior.
The comment quickly proved divisive on social media, prompting several political commentators to chime in and criticize Behar for his behavior.
Scott, who fanned the flames of outrage by running as the candidate ‘the radical left fears most’, joined in the backlash, echoing statements made in Charleston last week during his campaign announcement of 2024.
Behar, meanwhile, has yet to respond to Scott’s appeal – which referred to a 2016 episode of The View in which the show’s top executive admitted to dressing up as, according to his own words, “a beautiful African woman”.
Behar had discussed a New York Times op-ed praising naturally curly hair, before showing viewers a photo of herself at a Halloween party, 29, with tanned skin and short, dark, curly hair.
Former host Raven-Symoné asked Behar if it was her, asking “are you black?”
Behar said she dressed up as an African woman, but said, “I only had makeup on that was a bit darker than my skin. It’s my real hair, though.
