Sen. Tim Scott took a shot at the hosts of “The View” on Friday, saying that they are “attacking” him because he is the only Black Republican senator.
“I’m never surprised when the ladies at ‘The View’ go at it again,” Scott said in a video posted to X. “They’re attacking me for being the only Black Republican in the Senate.”
The senator went on to say, “time and time again,” the women of “The View” have worked to defeat Black Republicans running for Senate.
The remarks from Scott come as the show’s co-host Sunny Hostin said that he wouldn’t help with Black voters in the upcoming election if he was picked as former President Donald Trump’s vice president nominee.
“If anyone thinks that Tim Scott is going to bring over a bunch of Black men, they really need to just get with it because Tim Scott is the only African American senator in the Republican Party for a reason,” Hostin said Friday as the women discussed which lawmaker would help Trump attract the most voters.
Scott had thrown his hat into the GOP primary ring last year. However, he suspended his campaign in November after polling low. After suspending, he backed the former president and has since been rumored to be among his potential running mate candidates.
Alyssa Farah Griffin, another co-host on the show and a former Trump administration aide, argued against Hostin, saying that Democrats have only a few more Black Senators than Republicans.
Nonetheless, Scott argued that the hosts were afraid of Black voters casting their ballots for Republicans.
“Four out of 10 Black men wanting to vote for the Republican Party, doubling the number of Black women interested in voting for the Republican Party,” he said. “What they’re afraid of is the monopoly is over. The Republican Party, the GOP, on the move in my community. God Bless America.”