South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott threw his hat into the presidential race on Monday, and the race baiters of ABC’s The View reacted with scorn against his campaign and his non-extremist views about race in America. Moderator Whoopi Goldberg even suggested Scott suffered from “Clarence Thomas Syndrome” when it came to his positive view of race relations in America.
After Scott was given general praise from co-hosts Ana Navarro and Sara Haines (which was based on race, we’ll get into that later on), staunch racist Sunny Hostin took on the role of “curmudgeon” as she suggested his positive message about America couldn’t resonate with anyone. “I don't know who his message is supposed to resonate with actually. He's talking about victimhood and personal responsibility as if people aren't taking responsibility for their own actions,” she huffed.
She then took a swipe at the GOP by proclaiming: “It just seems to me that the Republican Party has a real racism problem.” She tried to defend herself from possible criticism by suggesting “Those aren't my words. Those are the words of Michael Steele in 2018 … the former RNC chairperson … And he said there's a real problem with racism within the Republican Party. And he should know.”
Oozing with contempt, Hostin asserted that she doesn’t think the Republican base would support Scott because he’s black:
And so it seems to me that, you know, at this point, Tim Scott is only polling at 1.8 percent. Donald Trump is still the frontrunner at 56.3 percent. And I do one – Oh – people are surprised at that, but yes. And Ron DeSantis is at 19.4 percent. And it just seems to me that – And black people make up two percent of registered Republicans. So it is a very tiny fraction. I don't know that the overwhelming base would vote for someone like Tim Scott.
Goldberg built off of Hostin by claiming Scott was using a racist “dog whistle” to inform GOP voters about his positions. “If he had come out and said, ‘You know what? Here's what's been happening and here's I'm going to change it.’ Instead, for me, he came out and did that dog whistle: victimhood. As soon as you say that, you know what he's talking about,” she proclaimed, receiving agreement from Hostin.
Goldberg and Hostin were both black multimillionaires but they were irritated that Scott’s message was that other black Americans could be just like them. Goldberg called it the “Clarence Thomas Syndrome”:
HOSTIN: One of the issues that Tim Scott has is that he seems to think “Because I made it everyone can make it.” Ignoring, again, the fact that he is the exception and not the rule. And until he is the rule then he can stop talking about systemic racism.
GOLDBERG: He’s got Clarence Thomas Syndrome. That’s what it is.
Goldberg went on to argue that Scott needed to tell Republicans “They are, in part, the problem” with racism in America.
As for the racially tinged comments from Navarro and Haines, the former was “happy he's in the race, because there's a dearth of melanin in the Republican Party and also of optimism and unity.” Meanwhile, the latter liked him in the race because he brought racial diversity to a party that “is very rarely diverse.”
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The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
May 22, 2023
11:04:07 a.m. Eastern(…)
ANA NAVARRO: I have to tell you, I'm also happy he's in the race, because there's a dearth of melanin in the Republican Party and also of optimism and unity. You have Donald Trump, and Ron DeSantis, announcing this week. Both full of grievances, piss and vinegar.
(…)
11:05:27 a.m. Eastern
SARA HAINES: And when seeing he threw his hat in there, and I was noticing for the Republican Party, who is very rarely diverse, you've got Vivek Ramaswamy the Indian American man of Hindu faith, an Indian American woman, Nikki Haley. You’ve got two black men. I think Larry Elder –
NAVARRO: And an orange guy.
[Laughter]
HAINES: Like I said, representation matters.
(…)
11:06:20 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: Yah, well. Let me be the curmudgeon, I guess. I don't know who his message is supposed to resonate with actually. He's talking about victimhood and personal responsibility as if people aren't taking responsibility for their own actions.
And it just seems to me that the Republican Party has a real racism problem. And I mean, those aren't my words. Those are the words of Michael Steele in 2018, he was asked as the – the former RNC chairperson, was the first black person to hold that position. And he said there's a real problem with racism within the Republican Party. And he should know.
And so it seems to me that, you know, at this point Tim Scott is only polling at 1.8 percent. Donald Trump is still the frontrunner at 56.3 percent. And I do one – Oh – people are surprised at that, but yes. And Ron DeSantis is at 19.4 percent. And it just seems to me that – And black people make up two percent of registered Republicans. So it is a very tiny fraction.
I don't know that the overwhelming base would vote for someone like Tim Scott.
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: You know, I think it's really important. If he had come out and said, “You know what? Here's what's been happening and here's I'm going to change it.” Instead, for me, he came out and did that dog whistle: victimhood. As soon as you say that, you know what he's talking about. I didn't like that.
HOSTIN: I didn't like that either.
GOLDBERG: You know, I don't like the idea that he's got this -- this idea that people don't take responsibility for what they do. And that's why I said, listen, you should talk to your party first, because they didn't take responsibility.
(…)
11:09:17 a.m. Eastern
HOSTIN: One of the issues that Tim Scott has is that he seems to think “because I made it everyone can make it.” Ignoring, again, the fact that he is the exception and not the rule. And until he is the rule then he can stop talking about systemic racism.
GOLDBERG: He’s got Clarence Thomas Syndrome. That’s what it is.
(…)
11:09:54 a.m. Eastern
GOLDBERG: Look, he's done good stuff, okay. But if you're running for president, you got to do more than that. You have to represent us as a nation and then say, “And as a black man this is also how I feel.” But you can't pretend that it's not there, that it's not an issue for the people you're running -- for the party you're running for. They are, in part, the problem.
(…)
