Tim Scott
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The man gave the Dems 80% of everything they wanted. Actually, he lifted parts of Dem bills almost verbatim. McConnell offered full debate and was going to allow votes on amendments.
This excerpt of Scott's remarks is worth watching. In fact, his full 33 minute speech is one of the best remarks in the Senate this year.
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Possibly our next black president. He's a wonderful speaker.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill
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Possibly our next black president. He's a wonderful speaker.
Agreed, good speaker. Although, he'd be our first fully black president. Don't forget Obama is half-white. Now, the fact that you probably just cringed at that (accurate) fact is a good reflection of the inability for many in our society to have discussions based in objective fact.
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https://althouse.blogspot.com/2020/06/here-is-newsflash-for-cnn-i-have-name.html
"Here is a newsflash for CNN — I have a name and it's Tim Scott... News outlets like CNN time and time again refuse to use my name when referring to me in article headlines."
"The double standard with CNN is stunning. In fact, check out these headlines for Democrat Senators Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. Why is it that when I give a floor speech on the same topic, I am simply referred to as a black senator?"Writes Senator Tim Scott in in fundraising email I received at 7:54 this morning (full text below, after the jump).
He quotes 2 CNN headlines — "Sen. Booker: This nation is greater than this" and "See Sen. Harris speech on anti-lynching legislation" — and and then the CNN headline about him: “See black senator’s emotional response to senator’s ‘token’ remark."
I had to use the Wayback Machine to get a look at that headline...
... because the relevant URL now takes you to a CNN page that has the headline Scott says he wants:
Using the Wayback Machine, I was able to figure out that the original headline went up on June 18th, and the new headline appeared on June 20th. So for 2 days, he was "a black senator" having an "emotional response." Notice that the photo changed too. In the emotional-black-senator picture, he's crying and covering his face with his hands. In the replacement picture, he's standing tall and speaking forthrightly and using his hands with speech-augmenting expressiveness.
I don't know exactly why the changes were made, but they do hide the evidence of what CNN did when the story was fresh. Presumably, CNN heard the criticism and reacted. It didn't stop Scott from using this in a fund-raising letter 7 days later.
Read the full text of the email (at the link above).
