Senators Respond After Whoopi Goldberg Calls One ‘Black Tim Scott’ and Confuses Him with Rick Scott

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Following former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s widely expected announcement of a 2024 presidential bid on Tuesday, the ladies of ABC News program “The View” speculated on which other candidates might jump into the GOP primary. The show’s moderator, Whoopi Goldberg, suggested that South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott may be the next to join the fray.

In order to clear up any confusion between Tim Scott and Florida Sen. Rick Scott, Goldberg said, “You know Tim Scott, ‘black’ Tim Scott, right, cause there are two Scotts. I don’t know how to differentiate them without a picture. … Tim Scott is black, right? He’s about to run … “

This is not rocket science Whoopi. The senator from South Carolina, who is black, is named Tim and the senator from Florida, who is white, is named Rick. Why not simply refer to them as Tim Scott and Rick Scott?

When a clip of this remark was posted on Twitter, Tim Scott showed his sense of humor in a tweet of his own. He wrote: “To clear up any confusion, Whoopi, despite @ScottForFlorida and I sporting similar hairstyles [they are both bald] and representing the South, we are two different people.

“You should get to know me.”

Rick Scott replied to Tim’s tweet: “Can confirm.”

Although both senators took Whoopi’s remark in stride, can anyone imagine if, say, a conservative like Fox News’ Tucker Carlson referred to the “black Tim Scott?” Black Lives Matter would probably try to get his show canceled. But, somehow, Goldberg always gets away with it.

Moreover, Goldberg makes her living by discussing the political topics of the day. There are times she appears to have no idea who is who and what is going on. Yet there she is on “The View” every day commenting on current issues.

Remember when she said that Jill Biden was “one hell of a doctor?” During the 2020 Democratic primary, The Hill reported she’d said that if then-candidate Joe Biden won the presidency, he should appoint Jill as the surgeon general. “Joe Biden’s wife. She would never do it but, yeah, she’s a hell of a doctor. She’s an amazing doctor.”

The report said that there had been some scattered applause from the audience until one of the show’s co-hosts, Sunny Hostin, who knew that Jill Biden’s doctorate was in education, responded, “She’s a teacher but might be good for [Education Secretary] Betsy DeVos’s post.”

(Oddly, I can’t seem to find video of that exchange.)

In January 2022, Goldberg ruffled feathers by declaring the Holocaust wasn’t about race. She made the comment during a discussion of a Tennessee school district’s decision to ban “Maus,” a Pulitzer-prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust. The co-hosts disagreed with the ban on the book and argued that, in addition to teaching children about the Holocaust, it could educate them about race in America.

Goldberg said, “If you’re going to do this, then let’s be truthful about it, because the Holocaust isn’t about race. No. It’s not about race.”

Of course, the Holocaust is about race. It is all about race. Hitler was the ultimate white supremacist. He wanted to make Europe “Judenrein” (free of Jews). It was his goal to rid the world of Jews in order to create a master race.

A fierce backlash ensued and ABC suspended Goldberg for two weeks, infuriating her.

We really have to ask: How is this show still on TV?

 

A previous version of this article appeared in The Western Journal.

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