‘SO LOW’
Tim Scott slams Pelosi for her ‘sinful and outrageous’ claim the GOP wants to ‘get away with murder’ of George Floyd
SENATOR Tim Scott slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday after she said Republicans are trying to “get away with” George Floyd’s murder.
Scott, the only Black senator, that Pelosi’s remark was “the most outrageous, sinful comment I've heard as a public official."
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On Tuesday, said the GOP’s reform bill incentivizes police departments to ban chokeholds, rather than enforcing it.
The from said Republicans would have to add more to the JUSTICE Act bill, authored by Scott, in order for liberals in to accept it.
“What the Senate did… is unsalvageable,” she said. “We’re saying no chokeholds, they’re not saying no chokeholds. There’s a big difference. What’s the compromise? Some chokeholds?”
“In other words, for something to happen, they’re going to have to face the reality of police brutality, the rallies of the need for justice in policing and the recognition that there are many, many good people in law enforcement but not all, and that we have to address those concerns,” Pelosi said.
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“When they admit that and have some suggestions that are worthy of consideration, , actually, the murder of .”
Days later, the South Carolina senator said of Pelosi’s remarks: "I thought to myself, 'How in the world does this woman, standing in front of a $24,000 refrigerator, have the sense to jump into the bottomless pit of race ? Why in the world would she want to do that?'”
"There's only one answer, by the way, one answer,” Scott said.
“It's because she's lived so long in a state of privilege that she has forgotten that it's the Republican Party that voted more for the civil rights-era legislation than the Democrats."
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Scott continued: "It's because she's forgotten that it was and the reform done in 2018 that made up for the Democrats' 1994 crime bill.”
“She's forgotten that it's the school choice movement that frees more kids in poverty from the poor education system brought to us by the Democrats and the teachers' unions then they've ever seen.”
Scott said Pelosi "has forgotten so much about reality that she spends too much time in an alternate universe. But the facts are simple.”
"Why in the world would she stoop so low? And it's simply this: They believe — and I truly believe this — they believe that campaigning on police brutality is more important than solving police reform."
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On Wednesday, the JUSTICE Act from Senate Republicans was five votes short of opening a debate on the measure.
Scott was frustrated afterward during a speech in the Senate that drew applause from his colleagues.
“The issue is, do we matter?” he asked, echoing the words of the . “We said no today.”
On Thursday, — possibly the most ambitious set of proposed changes to police procedures and accountability in decades.
The legislation is backed by top civil rights groups and aims to match the moment of demonstrations that filled streets across the nation.
It has almost zero chance of becoming law, as the Trump administration said it would veto the bill, and has also said it would not pass the Republican-held chamber.
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Pelosi said on Thursday: “Exactly one month ago, George Floyd spoke his final words — ‘I can’t breathe’ — and changed the course of history.”
She said the Senate faces a choice “to honor George Floyd’s life or to do nothing.”
The following day, , referring to the 46-year-old Black man as "George Kirby."
George Kirby, the name she mistakenly called Floyd, was a Black comedian who died of in 1995.
Pelosi's gaffe came two days after accidentally mentioned the name "Floyd Taylor" — which is Floyd's and Breonna Taylor's name combined.
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Taylor, a 26-year-old Black EMT nurse, back in March.
On Friday, Scott said the fact that the House approved their own measure “tells me that their issue is not police reform, their issue is not helping the kids in the poorest neighborhoods, their issue is a political issue.”
“So that, they for the next four months have a chance to campaign on police reform without exactly solving the issues of police reform,” Scott said, adding the realization is "devastating for the young souls across the country."
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