Critics ridiculed Sen. Tim Scott's “show of support” at former President Trump's rally on Saturday, calling him “embarrassing.”
“We need a president who understands that the American people are tired of being fed up,” Scott said, to which the crowd responded, “Donald Trump.”
CNN reporter Omar Jimenez posted on social media: “Sen. Tim Scott supports Donald Trump and yes, this comment was a choice.” Jimenez appeared on “CNN This Morning” on Saturday and said the Trump campaign wanted to tout its support for Scott.
“It's quite an accomplishment,” Jimenez said. “Now, remember that Nikki Haley is the one who appointed Tim Scott to the Senate, so this event is, of course, a huge blow to the former South Carolina governor in that way. And they could have easily made a choice like this.'' Do this before the South Carolina primary. ”
CNN's Omar Jimenez appeared on “CNN This Morning” on Saturday to discuss Sen. Tim Scott's support for Donald Trump. (Screenshot/CNN)
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Critics reacted to Jimenez's social media post, including “The Nation” writer Elie Mystal, who said that Jimenez's social media post drew a lot of attention from “The Nation” writer Elie Mystal, who said that Jimenez's “Llano” character Stephen, played by Samuel L. He shared a GIF and said, “Everyone saw it coming.”
Some people took issue with Scott's words, but he appeared to quote civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer's famous line, saying, “I'm tired of being fed up.”
“I hope the ghost of Fannie Lou Hamer haunts him terribly for the rest of his life,” Blacklist founder Franklin Leonard wrote on social media.
Frequent MSNBC guest and Vanity Fair correspondent Molly Johnfast responded to the video posted on social media, saying she was “ashamed of him.”
HuffPost opinion editor Stephen Crockett Jr. likened the video to a “WWE audition tape.”
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The Hollywood Reporter's Kim Masters called Scott a “seller.”
“We need a president who doesn't discriminate between black and white. We need a president who sees Americans as one American family,” Scott said at a rally in New Hampshire. “That's why I came to the very warm state of New Hampshire to support the next president of these United States, President Donald Trump.”
Fox News Digital has reached out to Sen. Scott's office for comment.
“It's time to unite our party to make sure the only goal we're talking about is removing Joe Biden from office,” Scott said in a Fox News interview after the rally. It won't take more than four years.” “We don't know if it's going to take another 10 months. The best way to remove Joe Biden from office is to unite the party behind Donald Trump now.”
Scott was criticized for supporting the former president by fellow Republicans, including New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, who is supporting Republican candidate Nikki Haley.
“Tim Scott actually said to the camera, 'Donald Trump is going to unite the country,' and even Donald Trump doesn't believe that,” Sununu told Fox News' Neil Kabuto. told.
“No one thinks Donald Trump unified the country,” he said.
Republican Sen. Tim Scott (right) from South Carolina speaks while standing next to former President Donald Trump during a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., Friday, January 19, 2024. (Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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