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Tim Scott: “Hear me clearly. America is not a racist country. It`s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of…”

On the recordApril 30, 2021
Hear me clearly. America is not a racist country. It`s backwards to fight discrimination with different types of discrimination. And it`s wrong to try to use our painful past to dishonestly shutdown debates in the present. I`m an African American who`s voted in the south my entire life. I take voting rights personally. Republicans support making it easier to vote and harder to cheat.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina
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msnbc.com

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Rebuttal to Biden's address, discussing race and voting rights.

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