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Tim Scott Smacks Back At Whoopi Goldberg After Racial Comment

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Whoopi Goldberg has made her share of controversial comments as a cohost on the ABC talk show “The View,” but she appears determined to continue to lower the bar.

On Tuesday, the panel was discussing possible Republican candidates for president when Sen. Tim Scott, who is a black man, and Sen. Rick Scott, who is a white man, were mentioned. You may think that it would be simple to tell the two men apart, but apparently not to Goldberg. And Sen. Tim Scott came firing back.

“Tim Scott, Black Tim Scott, right, because there are two Scotts and I don’t know how to differentiate them without a picture,” Goldberg said before co-host Sunny Hostin explained to her that the other Scott was Rick, who is white.

“Tim Scott is Black, right? Okay,” Goldberg said.

“He’s about to run, announce his running, they’re going to be out of the woodwork, so don’t just settle,” she said to her Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin.

After watching the video Sen. Tim Scott hit back at Goldberg on Twitter.

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“To clear up any confusion, Whoopi, despite @ScottForFlorida and I sporting similar hairstyles and representing the South, we are two different people. You should get to know me,” he said.

Last Wednesday after President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address and the Republican rebuttal was given by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders, who argued that she wants to ban CRT in her state’s schools. The panel discussed Sanders’ argument against CRT (critical race theory) and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to eliminate an AP African American History course that also included teachings on “queer theory.”

Republican co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former member of former President Donald Trump’s staff, said she disagreed with Gov. DeSantis’ decision but she did agree with concerns about teaching CR

“Can I say one thing because this is really important? What Ron DeSantis did with banning black history, that is going way further than what many members of my party have raised concerns with,” the Republican said. “There’s a lot of parents who get concerned with elements of critical race theory—”

But Goldberg would not allow her to finish her thought as she interrupted.

“I’m gonna say this one more time,” the actress said. “Elements of critical race theory are not being taught to five-year-olds! It’s not taught to eight-year-olds, it’s not taught to 10-year-olds. It’s not what 10-year-olds learn! Look, if you’re scared of American history … I don’t get it.”

It should not be a stunner that Goldberg was incorrect, as she has often been.

Parts of CRT have been known to have been taught in K-12 schools and a poll in October said that the majority of high school students have been taught some aspects of CRT. The polls showed that 67 percent heard in school that “white people have white privilege” and 57% had heard that “white people have unconscious biases that negatively affect non-white people.”

“But, I think it’s an important distinction because what he’s doing is so absurd, it’s going so far,” the Republican co-host said. “You’re literally talking about erasing history, not bringing in the theories and the theoretical and the more college-level stuff that is in CRT. You’re literally saying we’re not going to learn about slavery, we’re not gonna learn about the Civil War. That’s more dangerous. I want to separate those two, not that both don’t deserve to be discussed, but that’s going dangerously far. I don’t know that Sarah is trying to do just that yet, but it’s a slippery slope.”

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Goldberg asserted that the governors are frightened that white children are going to learn about history even though, by law, Florida students are required to learn about black history.

“If you’re so concerned that your children, and particularly I’m talking about white children because that’s the conversation that they seem to be having if you’re so concerned that white children are gonna feel bad because history happened and they happened to be white, how do you think black kids are feeling?” the actress and comedian said.

Last month, Goldberg caused controversy when she said something that many believed was an abhorrent comment in the eyes of many.

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“Peaceful protests continued nationwide after Friday’s release of police footage showing officers savagely beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis. So far, five cops have been charged with second-degree murder and kidnapping,” said to begin the show.

“I asked this question way too many times at this table, but you know, when will the brutality finally lead to some police reform from the ground up? Because clearly, it doesn’t matter if it’s a white policeman or a black policeman. It is the problem with the policing itself. It seems things don’t make sense to people unless it’s somebody they can feel or they can recognize,” she said.

“Do we need to see white people also get beat before anybody will do anything?” the host said before quickly putting her comments into context.

“I’m not suggesting that. So don’t write us and tell me what a racist I am. I’m just asking, is that what people have to see in order to wake up and realize this affects us all?” she said.

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