Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) on Tuesday pushed back on White House chief of staff John Kelly’s comments about the Civil War and said there “was no compromise to make” about the conflict, which was fought over the legality of slavery.
“We need to stop relitigating and referencing the Civil War as if there was some moral conundrum,” Scott told TPM in a statement.
Kelly on Monday said that the Civil War stemmed from a “lack of an ability to compromise.”
“It was always loyalty to state first, back in those days, and now it’s different today,” Kelly said. “And men of women of good faith on both sides made their stand, where their conscience had them make their stand.”
“There was no compromise to make – only a choice between continuing slavery and ending it,” Scott said. “We need to move forward together, instead of letting the divisions of the past continue to force us apart.”
Well Senator, this is the party you belong to. Ever consider changing that?
Kelly made a canny move to shore up his support with Trump’s base. They don’t care if you are competent, so long as you fall in line with their racist views. His job is safe now.
It’s taking Senator Scott an awfully long time to figure out he’s in the wrong political party.
Well when they make him sit in the cloakroom instead of the chamber maybe he’ll get the hint.
Sir, why the fuck are you a Republican?