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Senator Tim Scott has spoken out against Joy Behar's claim that he doesn't 'get' racism - despite being an African-American in the Deep South.
Appearing on a podcast Tuesday, South Carolina's Scott, 57, decried The View host's on-air comments as the 'dumbest, most offensive thing he's ever heard on TV'. Behar's comments came hours after Scott announced his intent to run for president.
The pointed characterization served as the first time the native South Carolinian publicly spoke about the controversy, after briefly addressing Behar's remarks in a tweet shortly after they were uttered on May 23.
That said, the post did not slam Behar, 80, directly, but instead saw Scott, a devout Republican, criticize the left in general, stating: 'When a Black conservative who believes in the future of this nation stands up to be counted, they lose their minds.'
His comments this time around - aired on The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show - were much more pointed, and referenced the longtime daytime fixture's blackface scandal that grabbed headlines just a few years ago.
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Appearing on a podcast Tuesday, South Carolina's Scott, 57, decried The View host's comments last week as the 'dumbest, most offensive thing he's ever heard on TV'
Last Tuesday, Joy Behar bizarrely claimed the Republican could not possibly understand racism due to his political alignment. Her comments came hours after Scott announced his intent to run for president
'There's no doubt a white lady dressing up in black face giving a black man advice probably doesn't ring true in anyone's minds, certainly not my own,' said Scott of Behar's claims that he does not understand racism because he is a Republican.
'More importantly, I find it offensive and disgusting and dangerous'.
The rookie senator who was elected to office this past November, first panned Behar for displaying a 1970s-era photo of herself dressed as a 'beautiful African woman' back in 2016, then pointed out partisan hypocrisies he said paved the way for such comments.
'I’m used to having the left attack me because of the truth of my life,' Scott explained to pollical commentators Clay Travis and Buck Sexton. 'This proves their lies.'
The former junior South Carolina senator continued: 'I say that because of this – when I help write the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [of 2017], they called me a prop.
'When I started talking about refunding the police, they called me a token.
'When I pushed back on President Biden’s most malign agenda, they called me the "n-word".
'I’m used to it,' he declared. 'Here’s what’s dangerous and
