Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke of race, faith, and America on Feb. 22 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, as rumors of his potential 2024 bid percolate through political Washington.
“God has already blessed America,” he told the audience.
Scott invoked his experience as a successful black American to reject some of the criticism he has taken as an African-American Republican. Conservatism, he said, had been his “personal proof” that race was not a limiting factor for him.
“I can go as high as my character, my education, and my perseverance will take me,” he said.
“For those of you on the Left, you can call me a prop, you can call me a token, you can call me the n-word. You can question my blackness. You can even call me Uncle Tim. Just understand, your words are no match for my evidence,” he said, in lines that drew sustained applause….
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