Barack Obama slams GOP 2024 runner Tim Scott for not having a plan to tackle poverty caused by racism and demands 'honest accounting' of US history within the Republican Party
Daily Mail ^ | 6/15/23 | Rob Crilly
Posted on 6/16/2023, 7:00:02 AM by Libloather
America's first black president took aim at black Republican senator Tim Scott for saying his party was 'doing a fabulous job of making progress.'
Scott launched his run for president last month on an optimistic platform and has put his own story of struggle at the center of his campaign, with a philosophy that suggests everyone can succeed if they want to.
But former President Barack Obama said in a podcast released on Thursday that it was time for the Republican Party to get real about how systemic racism shaped the nation's history.
'And so, if a Republican who may even be sincere in saying "I want us all to live together" doesn't have a plan for how do we address crippling generational poverty that is a consequence of hundreds of years of racism in this society and we need to do something about that ...' Obama told the Axe Files, hosted by his former adviser David Axelrod.
'If somebody is not proposing, both acknowledging and proposing elements that say, "No, we can't just ignore all that and pretend as if everything's equal and fair. We actually have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk."
'If they're not doing that, then I think people are rightly skeptical.'
Scott responded to his comments late on Thursday, but steered clear of attacking Obama by name.
'Let us not forget we are a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. Democrats deny our progress to protect their power,' he said.
'The Left wants you to believe faith in America is a fraud and progress in our nation is a myth. The truth of my life disproves the lies of the radical Left.'
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