Senator Tim Scott (R, South Carolina) sums up how far we
have come. As a Black man, Senator Scott would probably have had trouble
even registering to vote in South Carolina before 1964. Senator Scott has
won two general elections for Senator against white opponents in South
Carolina, the Cradle of the Confederacy, where the electorate is over 60%
white. Senator Scott was one of the main authors of the Republican tax
bill that President Trump signed into law at the beginning of his presidential
term. Senator Scott was also the author of the Republican police reform
bill, which Democrats filibustered in order to prevent a Republican victory on
police reform.
It's ridiculous to pretend that Republicans in the South are
all, or even largely, racists. The places Democrats are complaining about
are all big cities with Democrats in charge. Many of these cities have
had Democrats in charge for at least 50 years. It's time to stop the
divide and conquer strategies of identity politics.
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