Tim Scott Rips MSNBC’s Joy Reid for Saying ‘a Black Man Can’t Think for Himself’ Over Ketanji Brown Jackson No-Vote

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) hit back at MSNBC’s Joy Reid for characterizing him as a minion for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) over his opposition to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Scott intends to vote against Jackson’s nomination, though with the narrow bipartisan support Jackson has received elsewhere in the Senate, it is all but guaranteed she will be confirmed to the bench.

Scott joined Fox & Friends to talk about his no-vote for Jackson, but the conversation began with a tweet from Reid saying “[Scott] let Lindsey Graham & the sheriffs dog-walk him and destroy police reform after pretending to work on it and now he’ll go along with Lindsey’s barking-dog racism against Judge Jackson because: he’s Tim Scott.”

All accuracy here. Not surprised by anything @SenatorTimScott does. He let @LindseyGrahamSC & the sheriffs dog-walk him and destroy police reform after pretending to work on it and now he’ll go along with Lindsey’s barking-dog racism against Judge Jackson because: he’s Tim Scott. https://t.co/exvIq90jIW

— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) April 5, 2022

Scott’s response:

What is so offensive about what Joy is saying is that a Black man cannot think for himself. I have to follow somebody else. That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard, but it reinforces the liberal elites’ approach to minorities who will not fall in line and do what they tell us to do.

There are millions of Americans who happen to be Black, who want to think for themselves, who will think for themselves. But the power of the liberal elite wants to attack us like vicious dogs because they do not want anyone standing up opposed to what they are doing, leading our country in the wrong direction. It is vile, it is offensive, and we should stop allowing the liberal media to push these stories by their hosts.

The interview continued with Scott saying he didn’t vote for Jackson in her lower court appointments, and “I believe her judicial philosophy is inconsistent with what’s in the best instance of our judiciary.”

Watch above, via Fox News.