Reply to RW vs LW news

Forum Index » Political Discussion

Reply to "RW vs LW news"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Not at all surprising, but still stunning......

[twitter]https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1557843063481012224[/twitter]

During the podcast, Weiss and Scott spoke about the 2020 bill, which was aimed at establishing bi-partisan police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police officers. The bill was never signed into law.

"I wanna tell you a little story that I’m not sure if you know," Weiss said to Scott, alerting him to the incident in 2020 when the New York Times newsroom debated publishing the Senator’s "op-ed about the bill and why it fell apart."

She continued, "And this is the part I’m not sure if you know. There was a discussion about the piece and whether or not we should run it. And one colleague, a more senior colleague, said to a more junior colleague who was pushing for the piece, ‘Do you think the Republicans really care about minority rights?'"

"Wow," Scott replied to the smear.

Weiss’ story kept going. "And the more junior colleagues said, ‘I think Tim Scott cares about minority rights.’ And then, and here’s the pretty shocking part. The more senior colleague said, ‘Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it,’" the journalist recalled, providing the kicker the story.

Weiss indicated that the younger staffer refused to reach out the House Minority Leader, worried about ethics concerns.

Are you surprised to hear that? Or does that story feel kind of representative of the way the media has treated you and maybe some of your colleagues?" Weiss asked the lawmaker, though Scott claimed he was not and added he had experienced such treatment before.

"I am disappointed to hear that. I am not surprised to hear that. You have to remember that The Washington Post fact checked my life," he claimed, referencing how the paper spent "three or four months" going through "records to find out whether or not my grandfather actually dropped out of the school in the third grade, their records suggested he dropped out in the fourth grade, but still didn’t learn to read."

"They wanted to know if I had somehow hidden my silver spoon and just was using a plastic spoon instead," the Senator commented, adding, "there is something national media wants to frame any conservatives, particularly Black conservatives, as being disingenuous or insincere or a tool for the conservatives. When in fact the Black community is consistently as conservative as any community."[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics