Tim Scott to appear on 'The View' next week after co-host Joy Behar ripped him as ignorant about racism. Oh, and Behar has the day off for that episode.



Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott is slated to appear on "The View" Monday in the wake of leftist co-host Joy Behar saying last week that Scott — a black U.S. senator from South Carolina — is ignorant about racism.

Seems like the stage is set for a fiery episode — except that Behar won't be part of the Scott appearance because Monday is her day off, the Wrap reported.

You'd think the outspoken, seemingly fearless Behar would insist upon showing up so she and Scott can square off face to face, right? We shall see.

What's the background?

During the show's May 23 episode, Behar tore into Scott following his announcement that he'd be running for president.

"He's like [Supreme Court Justice] Clarence Thomas: black Republican who believes in pulling yourself [up] by your bootstraps rather than, to me, understanding the systemic racism that African-Americans face in this country, and other minorities," she said. "He doesn't get it; neither does Clarence, and that's why they're Republicans."

Behar's accusation received a round of applause and laughter from the studio audience.

Here's the clip from episode:

Trump Welcomes Tim Scott To 2024 Race | The View youtu.be

The day before — a Monday, when Behar was absent — co-host Whoopi Goldberg claimed Scott used a “dogwhistle” in a recent speech when he championed the virtue of "personal responsibility." Goldberg also said Scott suffers from “Clarence Thomas Syndrome.”

Scott has already hit back

Earlier this week Scott responded to Behar's comments on “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show." The presidential hopeful first referenced an old photo of the unmistakably white Behar wearing skin-darkening makeup and dressing as a "beautiful African woman" in the 1970s — a faux pas she actually defended:

\u201c"That was an homage!" #TheView's Joy Behar defended her infamous "blackface" costume once again in a contentious interview with Republican congressional candidate Kim Klacik: https://t.co/MkxYKcMox7\u201d
— Decider (@Decider) 1600450137

“There’s no doubt a white lady dressing up in blackface, giving a black man advice, probably doesn’t ring true in anyone’s mind, certainly not my own, but more importantly, I find it offensive and disgusting and dangerous for a very different reason,” Scott said. "I’m used to having the left attack me because the truth of my life disproves their lies."

He continued, "When I helped write the tax cuts and jobs act, they called me a prop. When I started talking about re-funding the police, they called me a token. When I stepped forward and pushed back on President Biden’s ... agenda, they called me the N-word ... I’m used to it.”

Scott also noted, "Here's what is dangerous and offensive to me: For every young child in America wanting to think for themselves, draw their own conclusions, what [the left is] saying to them is, ‘Stay in your place, do not stick your head up, because we’re gonna tell you how to think so you never learn anything about what you should think.'"

He added that hearing "these millionaire TV personalities telling me how to live my life as a black man" is "literally the dumbest, most offensive thing I’ve witnessed on TV."

\u201c.@votetimscott claps back at The View's attacks on him: "It is literally the dumbest, most offensive thing I've ever witnessed on TV."\n\nInterview: https://t.co/jjP90TC8KA\nPodcast: https://t.co/WvNDsUybBx\u201d
— The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show (@The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show) 1685469004

Anything else?

Behar previously lectured Scott on racism in April 2021 after he issued the Republican rebuttal of President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress.

The Wrap said Whoopi Goldberg will lead the Scott interview Monday with Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Ana Navarro along for the ride.

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White TV show host Joy Behar actually says black US Sen. Tim Scott doesn't get difference between a 'racist country' and 'systemic racism'



Joy Behar — among the more prominent and unapologetically un-self-aware co-hosts of "The View" — jumped off her left-wing high dive Thursday into depths unknown when, in all her woke whiteness, she lectured black U.S. Sen. Tim Scott on racism.

Yep.

What's the background?

Scott delivered the Republican rebuttal to President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, saying that despite Biden's claims, "America is not a racist country."

With that, a bunch of tolerant, diversity-loving leftists did their darnedest to discredit the South Carolina Republican by launching racial epithets at him. In fact, progressives used a racist slur against Scott — "Uncle Tim" — that began trending on Twitter for several hours before the platform began blocking it.

Interestingly, Vice President Kamala Harris just hours after Scott's statement said she agreed that America is not a racist country — yet her words drew comparatively little outrage.

What did Behar have to say?

Which brings us to Behar's reaction to Scott on "The View":

Now, Tim Scott, he does not seem to understand — and a lot of [Republicans] don't seem to understand — the difference between a racist country and ... systemic racism. They don't seem to get the difference. Yes, maybe it's not a racist country. Maybe Americans, the majority, are not racist. But we live in a country with systemic racism.

She added:

The fact that Tim Scott cannot acknowledge this ... is appalling. How can you go out there and say that when you just said two minutes ago that you were the object and the victim of discrimination? And then he says that this is not a racist country. At least acknowledge that there is systemic racism. That's what I wanted to hear from him, and he didn't say it.

How did Scott react the racist attacks against him?

Commenting about the racist attacks against him in general during a Thursday morning appearance on Fox News, Scott said it was "upsetting" and "so disappointing," adding that leftists "are literally attacking the color of my skin."

"The left has doubled down," he said. "You cannot step down out of your lane, according to the liberal elite left."

Scott added that "what they want for us is for us to stay in a small corner and not go against the tide that they think is America. Their America and my America are not the same if they think that discriminating is the fastest way to end discrimination."

Don't forget about Behar's blackface incident

Despite all of Behar's racially aware bluster, it would seem to fizzle out in the face of the notorious 2019 release of a photo of her wearing darkening makeup and dressing as a "beautiful African woman" in the 1970s:

"That was an homage!" #TheView's Joy Behar defended her infamous "blackface" costume once again in a contentious in… https://t.co/MkN1BywD5t

— Decider (@decider) 1600450137.0

The embarrassing photo came to the fore once again in September 2020 when Kimberly Klacik — a Maryland Republican who was running for Congress at the time — called out Behar for the photo during an interview on "The View."

Things got testy in a hurry:

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'The View' segment descends into chaos after GOP House candidate Kim Klacik calls out Joy Behar for blackface



An interview on "The View" with Kimberly Klacik, a Republican running for Congress in Maryland, ended badly after Klacik called out host Joy Behar for her blackface scandal.

Klacik is running in the 7th Congressional District in Maryland, a heavily Democratic district formerly served by the late Elijah Cummings, and has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.

When discussing President Trump's COVID-19 response, Behar asked Klacik to answer for Trump's admission to reporter Bob Woodward that he downplayed the virus early on.

"Excuse me, I have to say something to you," Behar began. "He told Bob Woodward that it was a very serious issue. That it was airborne, and that it was terrible. Then he went out and told the American people, 'Don't wear masks, it's all gonna go away. You have to put some blame on your president, I'm sorry. You're putting it on something extraneous here. Talk to the point, please."

"Is this Joy speaking?" Klacik responded. "The same Joy that paraded around in blackface not too long ago? Come on, Joy, I don't think you should be asking these questions."

Behar responded angrily to Klacik's topic shift.

"Excuse me," Behar interjected angrily. "The black community had my back. They know that that was not blackface, that was an homage. Oh, please. Just answer the question."

As Behar was talking, Klacik responded that the black community had her back as well, leading host Sunny Hostin to jump in.

"The black community has your back?" Hostin interjected, incredulously. "The black community has your back? The black community did not vote for you. What planet are you living on? What planet are you living on? Wow."

As Klacik attempted to explain the circumstances around the special election that she lost in February to Democrat Kweisi Mfume, who she is challenging again, Hostin turns around in her chair and Behar dismissively ends the interview.

"Listen, Kim, good luck to you," Behar said as she ended the interview.

In a combative exchange w/ @kimKBaltimore, @JoyVBehar defends wearing blackface: "They know that that was not black… https://t.co/dLVkCQ2NKx
— Tom Elliott (@Tom Elliott)1600445123.0

A photo of Behar wearing darkening makeup and dressing as a "beautiful African woman" in the 1970s was released by The Wrap in 2019.

"That was an homage!" #TheView's Joy Behar defended her infamous "blackface" costume once again in a contentious in… https://t.co/MkN1BywD5t
— Decider (@Decider)1600450137.0