GOP's Tim Scott has a harsh response for those criticizing him for leading Senate's police reform plan


Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the only black Republican senator, has one question for those criticizing him for leading the GOP's police reform proposal following the killing of George Floyd: Who else do you want running things?
Scott said his Twitter mentions over the last 24 hours have been filled with people essentially calling him a patsy for the Republican Party. But the senator, who is no stranger to drafting and developing legislation dealing with police accountability, wasn't having it, noting that he has faced racial profiling from police officers firsthand and has been speaking about the issue for years.
Scott also had little time for people saying he was given the responsibility because Republican leadership had no other options. On the other side of the aisle, Scott said, there are only two black lawmakers and similar lack of diversity when it comes to staff makeup. Tim O'Donnell
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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