By The FirstRepublican presidential hopeful Senator Tim Scott torched The View Monday morning after the hosts accused him of “not-understanding systemic racism in America.”
“I’m on the show because of the comments made frankly on this show that the only way for a young African American kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception and not the rule. That’s a dangerous, offensive, disgusting message to send to our young people today, that the only way to succeed is by being the exception,” Scott said.
“The fact of the matter is we’ve had an African American president, African American vice president, we’ve had two African Americans to be secretaries of the state. In my home city, the police chief is an African American who’s now running for mayor. The head of the highway patrol for South Carolina is an African American. In 1975, there was about 15% unemployment in the African American community for the first time in the country, it’s under 5%,” Scott said.
Watch Scott’s fiery remarks above.
