Scott Gives Trump Benefit Of The Doubt: He Should ‘Correct’ Proud Boys Shout Out

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks at a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on June 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. The committee is examining the implementation of the C... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 10: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks at a Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on June 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. The committee is examining the implementation of the CARES Act, which has handed out billions of dollars of government-backed forgivable loans to small-business owners that keep employees on their payroll. (Photo by Al-Drago-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should make an effort to amend remarks he made during the first presidential debate on Tuesday where he told a far-right hate group to “stand by.”

“I think he misspoke,” Scott, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters. “I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak.”

The comments come after Trump’s call for members of the Proud Boys elicited cheers from group members, who, according to The New York Times, were posting in private social media channels, lauding Trump’s words as “historic.”

Vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris further suggested that Trump’s rhetoric on race during Tuesday’s debate served as a “dog whistle through a bullhorn” to white supremacist groups.

National Press Secretary for the Trump campaign attempted to clean up the remarks in a separate CNN interview on Wednesday saying that the President was really telling the Proud Boys to “get out of the way.” Gidley then asked how many times President Trump needed to condemn white supremacy — which the campaign official claimed Trump has done “multiple times in the past.”

 “I don’t know how many ways you want him to say it, and how many times you want him to say it,” Gidley said.

“New Day” anchor John Berman pushed back, asserting that there was “no limit on the amount of times you can condemn white supremacists.”

They’re just that bad. It’s just that worth it to do it,” Berman said, adding: “for some reason he wasn’t willing to.”

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  1. Avatar for ajm ajm says:

    It will be interesting to see what Tim Scott comes up with when Trump does not walk his deliberate statement back.

  2. Crickets. Now what do we need to know?

  3. Avatar for mames5 mames5 says:

    As my ten year old would say, “Wow. Just wow.”

  4. No wonder house negros were held in such contempt.

  5. Avatar for hej hej says:

    wraith

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