Scott concludes: “Original sin is never the end of the story. Not in our souls, and not for our nation. The real story is always redemption.”
Scott says “this administration inherited a tide that had already turned” on the economic recovery.
Scott states definitively that “America is not a racist country.”
A few weeks ago, would you have predicted that the Republican response to Biden would talk more about Georgia's new election law than Biden himself did? That's what just happened, which is more evidence for my speculation here: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/are-georgia-republicans-winning-the-fight/
Freshman Arizona senator and Democrat Mark Kelly not happy with Biden ignoring border crisis in his speech:
! D Sen. Mark Kelly: “While I share President Biden’s urgency in fixing our broken immigration system, what I didn’t hear tonight was a plan to address the immediate crisis at the border, and I will continue holding this administration accountable"
— Burgess Everett (@burgessev) April 29, 2021
Scott says “I've experienced the pain of discrimination” and criticizes the Washington Post for its “fact check” of his family history.
“I get called Uncle Tom and the N word by progressives,” Scott states.
Tim Scott hits the atrocious hit piece by Glenn Kessler, deservedly so.
The fact that Biden delivered a subdued speech to a smaller audience eliminated the usual “house edge” to joint session speeches, and it is benefitting Tim Scott.
The Tim Scott/Republican argument that GOP supports real infrastructure, just not a wish list is sort of typical misguided GOP strategy. Just make the argument that we don't need a huge federal infrastructure bill.
“Our nation is starving for more than empty platitudes,” Scott says. “The actions of the President and his party are pulling us further and further apart.”
Adds Democrats have ignored bipartisanship on COVID relief and infrastructure: “They won't even build bridges to build bridges.”