Due to filming schedules, not all late night comedy shows are reacting live to the Republican National Convention which means that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! guest host Anthony Anderson was reacting to night one on Tuesday when he labeled Sen. Tim Scott an “Uncle Tom” for his speech in support of Donald Trump on Monday.
Anderson set the stage for his attack on Scott earlier in his monologue, “Now, the other major league event this week is the Republican National Convention. Also known as the White People's Choice Awards.”
After a brief digression to joke about Speaker Mike Johnson’s teleprompter malfunctioning, Anderson turned to Scott, “Last night was when the delegates officially nominated Trump, which means there was a lot of ass-kissing on display. But no one kissed more ass than the senator from South Carolina, Tim Scott.”
Anderson then played a clip of an excited Scott declaring, “On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, but an American lion got back up on his feet, and he roared! Oh, yeah. He roared!”
He would know something about overt displays of affection for a politician given his role on the series Blackish in lionizing Barack Obama.
Yet, for Anderson, the worst was yet to come, “Tim, Trump already picked his running mate. You don't have to do this, bro. You know, that wasn't even the most ridiculous thing Tim Scott said. This was.”
He then played a second clip of Scott claiming, “I know this is going to offend the liberal elites every time I say it, it offends them. But let me say it one more time. America is not a racist country!”
Offend them it did as Anderson retorted, ‘“Attention, large crowd of white people! America is not a racist country!” Thanks, Uncle Tim or Tom. Whichever you go by.”
According to Anderson, the RNC is full of white people because the people who are not white don’t count. No wonder Kimmel green lit him as one of his guest hosts.
Race obsession was not unique to Anderson. On NBC’s Late Night, host Seth Meyers quipped, “President Biden spoke today in Las Vegas at the national convention for the NAACP while every Republican was busy speaking at the convention for the NAAWP.”
Here are transcripts for the July 16-taped shows:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
7/16/2024
11:59 PM ET
ANTHONY ANDERSON: Now, the other major league event this week is the Republican National Convention. Also known as the White People's Choice Awards.
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Last night was when the delegates officially nominated Trump, which means there was a lot of ass-kissing on display. But no one kissed more ass than the senator from South Carolina, Tim Scott.
TIM SCOTT: On Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle, but an American lion got back up on his feet, and he roared! Oh, yeah. He roared!
ANDERSON: Tim, Trump already picked his running mate. You don't have to do this, bro. You know, that wasn't even the most ridiculous thing Tim Scott said. This was.
SCOTT: I know this is going to offend the liberal elites every time I say it, it offends them. But let me say it one more time. America is not a racist country!
ANDERSON: “Attention, large crowd of white people! America is not a racist country!” Thanks, Uncle Tim or Tom. Whichever you go by.
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NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers
7/17/2024
12:57 AM ET
SETH MEYERS: President Biden spoke today in Las Vegas at the national convention for the NAACP while every Republican was busy speaking at the convention for the NAAWP.
