Scott Gives Trump Benefit Of The Doubt: He Should ‘Correct’ Proud Boys Shout Out | Talking Points Memo

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should make an effort to amend remarks he made during the first presidential debate on Tuesday where he told a far-right hate group to “stand by.”


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It will be interesting to see what Tim Scott comes up with when Trump does not walk his deliberate statement back.

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Crickets. Now what do we need to know?

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As my ten year old would say, “Wow. Just wow.”

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No wonder house negros were held in such contempt.

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wraith

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“I think he misspoke,” Scott, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters. “I think he should correct it. If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak.

Narrator: Trump did not misspeak.

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“If he doesn’t correct it, I guess he didn’t misspeak.”

No flies on Tim Scott, that’s for sure.

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OK reminding myself here that this is political speech, meant to be heard differently by different audiences. He’s telling his Trump-supporting constituents that he’s giving Trump the benefit of the doubt. He’s telling the rest that he thinks hate groups are a bad thing.

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Speaking of suckers and losers…

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Enabler. Toady. Sycophant. Apple polisher. Boot licker. Lickspittle. Fawner.

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Tim Scott is an empty vessel. What a horribly sad inner life he must lead.

I often wonder what it would take, what the breaking point would be for people like him or Thomas or Sowell or whatever to finally have the epiphany that the people they consider their allies want them subjugated. The shackles locking? Bit late for an epiphany then…

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Yeah, sure buddy. He’s tweeted (or retweeted someone else) at least 60 times since the debate. Guess how many of them were used to clear up this mess?

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Today: Give him the benefit of the doubt.
Tomorrow: Don’t take Trump literally
The Next Day: He was making a point about Antifa
Day After that: Stand by, Proud Boys

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From Oxford English Dictionary: "cult

  • A system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object.
  • A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or -sinister.
  • A misplaced or excessive admiration for a particular person or thing.
    -usually as modifier A person or thing that is popular or fashionable, especially among a particular section of society."

Well, that explains a lot… So, Senator Scott, when is the Kool Aid passed out?

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“I think he misspoke,” Scott, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters.

Trump: ”I didn’t misspeak.”

Scott: ”There’s not a racist bone in his body.”

Trump: ”The Coloreds are coming to burn down the suburbs!”

Scott: ”We can’t truly know what’s in his heart.”

Trump: ”Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!”

Scott: ”We need to give him the benefit of the doubt.”

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Do you expect Our President to grovel, Senator?

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“I think he misspoke,” Scott, who is the only Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters.

No, Tim, he did not misspeak, and you know it.

This kind of shit has happened too many times for it to be misspoken.

“There were good people on both sides.”

Fuck the racist shitpile that is Trump.

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And to add all of my no more fucks to give:

“My name is Toby and that whole whipping misunderstanding was my own fault.”

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#Jews4Hitler. That short painter with the funny mustache can’t really mean all those things he says.

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