Sen. Tim Scott Shuts Down Blogger Who Called Him a ‘Prop’ at GOP Tax Bill Celebration

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott shut down a blogger who claimed (in a now-deleted tweet) that his placement in the GOP tax bill photo op was because he was black, claiming he was a “manipulated prop”:

What a shocker… there’s ONE black person there and sure enough they have him standing right next to the mic like a manipulated prop. Way to go @SenatorTimScott. #trump #taxscambill

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) December 20, 2017

Couldn’t have happened to a bigger douchebag. pic.twitter.com/YubEHPGgnV

— Elliott Hamilton (@ElliottRHams) December 20, 2017

Scott hit back hard against Andy Ostroy while still managing to take the high road, saying “if you’d rather just see my skin color, pls feel free”:

Uh probably because I helped write the bill for the past year, have multiple provisions included, got multiple Senators on board over the last week and have worked on tax reform my entire time in Congress. But if you’d rather just see my skin color, pls feel free. https://t.co/KLLNXqIZ3i

— Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) December 20, 2017

Ostroy fired back at the senator saying that he shouldn’t be worried about him but rather the “party’s shafting today of minorities”:

Instead of worrying about me, perhaps @SenatorTimScott should be more concerned with his party’s shafting today of minorities, the poor & middle class…and of his shameless ongoing support of his sexist, admitted-sexual-abusing racist Machurian president who’s in bed w/ #Putin https://t.co/RXZsBhbK9I

— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) December 20, 2017

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