On Wednesday evening, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., took to the floor of the Senate to read a sampling of the racist hate mail he’s received since announcing support for the confirmation of Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions.
In doing so, Scott, the first black senator from South Carolina, produced more documentation of outright racism than any of Sessions’ opponents have.
Scott read messages blasting him as a “House Negro,” an “Uncle Tom,” and a “disgrace to the black race,” leaving out any that made use of the N-word.
“The liberal Left that speaks and desires for all of us to be tolerant does not want to be tolerant of anyone that disagrees with where they are coming from,” Scott remarked.
While Senate Democrats have been busy grandstanding over their Republican colleagues’ vote to temporarily silence Elizabeth Warren over for a rules violation, waging melodramatic hashtag campaigns that compare her to Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman, Tim Scott was shouldering an influx of vicious racism from the Left.
Scott, a longtime target of bitter racial attacks, invited Sessions to join him in Charleston last December “to meet with African-American pastors, law enforcement and leaders of color.”
After the visit, Scott announced his support for Sessions’ confirmation as attorney general, saying the trip provided him with a “clearer picture of not only Jeff’s policy positions, but what is in his heart.”
Given Scott’s deeply personal interest in combatting racism, something that unfortunately touches his life more often than many of his detractors, his courage to stand up for Sessions is meaningful.
Despite the vulgar attacks on his skin color, Tim Scott persisted.
Where is his hashtag?
Emily Jashinsky is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.
