If there’s one thing ABC’s The View has repeatedly shown the world, it’s that they absolutely hate racial minorities being Republican and having conservative politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announcing his candidacy in the Republican presidential primary had given them another opportunity to flaunt that hatred on Tuesday, with co-host Joy Behar suggesting both Scott and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas didn’t know what it was like to be black in America.
Following a soundbite from Scott’s Monday announcement rally in South Carolina where he talked about his family’s struggles and overcoming them and his love for America, Behar quipped: “Well, isn't he professor positive? Unlike Trump – everything is bad, there's doomsday – he's more like Reagan-esque, morning in America, things are fabulous.”
“And he’s also hedging his bets,” she warned. “He doesn't really go out and say he's not pro-choice exactly, although he did say – what did he say? That he would vote for anything they put on the table, the Republicans. So, he's not pro-choice.”
Behar then lashed out at Scott by namedropping Thomas and chiding him for being a “black Republican” who believes anyone can get ahead in America (of course, she got approval from racist co-host Sunny Hostin):
BEHAR: And he's one of these guys, you know, he’s like Clarence Thomas, black Republican, who believes in pull yourself by your bootstraps, rather than, to me, understanding the systemic racism that African Americans face in this country and other minorities. He doesn't get it. Neither does Clarence.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Right.
BEHAR: And that's why they're Republicans.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
The racially charged comment from Behar echoed the take from moderator Whoopi Goldberg on Monday. Hostin suggested that Scott needed to understand “[he is the exception and not the rule. And until he is the rule then he can stop talking about systemic racism,” and Goldberg added that he suffers from “Clarence Thomas Syndrome.”
Last year, Behar also used air quotes she described Thomas as “a black guy, a black man.” She's also worn blackface.
On Tuesday, faux conservative co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin didn’t call out Behar or offer any kind of retort. Instead, she proclaimed: “I like Tim Scott. I could vote for Tim Scott. I like the optimism. It’s such a juxtaposition to Trump.”
And despite repeatedly pushing New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu as the one to beat former President Trump, Farah Griffin wanted to suddenly be “realistic” that Scott and the rest of the current field didn’t have a shot.
Hostin agreed. “I mean, he's sort of a non-factor at this point,” she said, arguing that his message of positive race relations in America and vision for a bright future wasn’t “mainstream enough.”
Senator Scott responded to Behar's smear on Twitter. "When a Black conservative who believes in the future of this nation stands up to be counted, they lose their minds. That’s why I’m the candidate the radical Left fears the most," he wrote.
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— Tim Scott (@votetimscott) May 23, 2023
When a Black conservative who believes in the future of this nation stands up to be counted, they lose their minds.
That’s why I’m the candidate the radical Left fears the most. https://t.co/JBAVZUjpZt
Joy Behar’s racially charged comments were made possible because of lucrative sponsorships from Swiffer and Sandals. Their contact information is linked.
The transcript is below, click "expand" to read:
ABC’s The View
May 23, 2023
11:02:30 a.m. Eastern(…)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: So, what are we actually seeing here? What's happening?
JOY BEHAR: Well, isn't he professor positive? Unlike Trump, everything is bad, there's doomsday, he's more like Reagan-esque, morning in America, things are fabulous. And he’s also hedging his bets. He doesn't really go out and say he's not pro-choice exactly, although he did say – what did he say? That he would vote for anything they put on the table, the Republicans. So, he's not pro-choice.
And he's one of these guys, you know, he’s like Clarence Thomas, black Republican, who believes in pull yourself by your bootstraps, rather than, to me, understanding the systemic racism that African Americans face in this country and other minorities. He doesn't get it. Neither does Clarence.
SUNNY HOSTIN: Right.
BEHAR: And that's why they're Republicans.
HOSTIN: Yeah.
[Laughter]
ALYSSA AFARH GRIFFIN: So, I like Tim Scott. I could vote for Tim Scott. I like the optimism. It’s such a juxtaposition to Trump.
Just to be realistic though, Trump is polling at 50 percent. If you combine everyone in the field right now, their collective polling still doesn't beat Donald Trump’s. So, the way to beat him, I would suggest, is that you need to take him on directly without alienating his voters.
I’ve myself am guilty of falling into the trap, because I dislike the man so much, of being like “he can never be president again, he shouldn’t get the nomination.” 74 million people voted for him. Everyone here has someone in their life who's a Trump supporter. Those people still exist and they need to be persuaded.
(…)
11:04:52 a.m. Eastern
SUNNY HOSTIN: And Tim Scott is 1.8 percent. I mean, he's sort of a non-factor at this point. And I don't think – you know – I don’t think his platform is mainstream enough to – to have him beat these other candidates. And I think there's a real MAGA base that's going to come out for Trump, and also going to come out for [De]Sanctimonious.
(…)
