The Senator then blamed Democrats and seemed to insinuate they aren’t tough enough. Last year after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, I built an even bigger police reform proposal,” Scott said. In 2015 after the shooting of Walter Scott, I wrote a bill to fund body cameras. “Believe me, I know firsthand our healing is not finished. To be followed around a store while I’m shopping,” Scott said during his nationally televised rebuttal to Biden’s Congressional address last year. “I know what it feels like to be pulled over for no reason. Tim Scott has also endorsed BLM talking points and painted himself as a figure who can deliver “police reform” that will satisfy both sides of the aisle. “If your question is, should you use tear gas to clear a path so the president can go have a photo-op, the answer is no,” Scott said when asked about the incident. Trump’s crackdown on violent BLM rioters led to criticism from General Mark Milley, but also from Tim Scott. John's Church in DC across from the White House is set on fire /9Ci6ljzveR The next day, riot police dispersed the mob with tear gas, at which point Trump walked through the cleared lane and posed with a bible outside the church. They also set fire to D.C.’s historic St. The rioters had assailed the White House just hours before, injuring dozens of Secret Service agents. In June 2020, Scott criticized Trump for using tear gas to disperse BLM rioters from Washington D.C.’s Lafayette Square. That is not going to happen, not today or any other day.” For their theory to work, Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats would have to elect Donald Trump president rather than Joe Biden. “Importantly, I disagree with their method both in principle and in practice.
Some of my colleagues believe they have found a path, and while our opinions differ, I do not doubt their good intentions to take steps towards stamping out voter fraud,” Scott said in a statement at the time. “As I read the Constitution, there is no constitutionally viable means for the Congress to overturn an election wherein the states have certified and sent their Electors. After the 2020 election, Scott opted not to stand with a group of his GOP Senate colleagues who were backing a challenge to the election results. Scott has criticized Trump on numerous occasions in the past, however. Though Scott did not answer directly, he did say that anyone would be happy to hop on “Trump’s bandwagon.” “Does that mean you would be willing to join his ticket? Are you going to run in 2024, or would you be open to a vice presidential role in a Trump ticket?” Bartiromo then asked.
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