Democrats refuse to accept resignation of party chairman who called Sen. Tim Scott a racial slur



The chairman of the Lamar County, Texas, Democratic Party announced Tuesday he was resigning from his leadership post after suffering fallout for his racist attack on Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.), who is black.

But his fellow Democrats refused to let him leave and rejected his resignation.

What happened?

Chairman Gary O'Connor attacked Sen. Scott last week with a racial slur following the senator's response to President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress.

During his speech, Scott told viewers that America is "not a racist country." The hue and cry from Democrats and other leftists was deafening. They went on the attack and labeled Scott "Uncle Tim" — a play on the racist term "Uncle Tom" — all the while ignoring that Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden just hours later agreed with Scott's assessment that the U.S. isn't a racist nation, though there are still race problems.

Not to be outdone by his fellow racists in the party, O'Connor took to Facebook to write in a since-deleted post, "I had hoped that Scott might show some common sense, but it seems clear he is little more than an oreo with no real principles."

The term "oreo" is used as a slight against blacks who are considered "black on the outside but white on the inside."

Republicans and other observers went after O'Connor with demands that he apologize for his remarks and step down — which he did Tuesday.

Or, at least he attempted to do.

The told the Washington Examiner, "I am deeply and sincerely sorry for my inappropriate and hurtful use of [the] racist term I used to describe Sen. Tim Scott on my personal Facebook page. It was insensitive, and I have embarrassed myself and my party by its use."

He added, "I feel compelled to offer my resignation as chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party for consideration by the County Executive Committee."

But the Lamar County Democrats refused to accept his resignation.

In a statement on the local party's Facebook page Tuesday, the county's Democratic leadership said they talked with "Black Democrats" and decided O'Connor's remarks did not warrant giving the chairman the boot and that his apology to Scott was enough.

What else?

Not only did the party reject O'Connor's resignation, they praised his "activism for racial justice."

"On May 4, 2021, representatives of the Lamar County, Texas Democratic Party met to consider the resignation tendered by Party Chair, Gary O'Connor," the statement began. "Our local Democrats have taken the last few days to reflect upon this incident. After much discussion—especially among our local Black Democrats—we chose not to accept Mr. O'Connor's resignation."

"Mr. O'Connor has written a public letter of apology to Sen. Tim Scott, and Lamar County Democrats join him in this apology," the statement continued. "Gary O'Connor has led Lamar County Democrats for seven years and his life of service, collaboration, and activism for racial justice is well known throughout this community. His recent remark is incompatible with his core values."

But don't worry, the county Democrats have vowed to "recommit" themselves to conducting their "private conversations" and "public social media discussions with anti-racist, pro-reconciling attitudes and language."

Oh, and they "strongly condemn bigotry of any kind" — just so you know.

Twitter blocks racist 'Uncle Tim' slur against Sen. Tim Scott — but not til several hours after it started trending



Twitter took enforcement action on Thursday morning to block a racist trending topic that disparaged U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) after he delivered the GOP response to President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress.

During his rebuttal Wednesday evening, Scott declared that "America is not a racist country" and condemned divisive rhetoric on race in politics. He said that he's experienced intolerance even from self-proclaimed liberals and progressives who have called him an "Uncle Tom" or used slurs like the n-word to attack him.

"I have experienced the pain of discrimination," Scott said. "I know what it feels like to be pulled over for no reason. To be followed around a store while I'm shopping."

"I've also experienced a different kind of intolerance," he continued. "I get called 'Uncle Tom' and the N-word — by 'progressives'! By liberals! Just last week, a national newspaper suggested my family's poverty was actually privilege because a relative owned land generations before my time."

After Scott concluded his address, progressives on Twitter began calling him "Uncle Tim," demonstrating exactly the kind of racist intolerance Scott condemned. So many accounts participated in the racist attacks on the black senator from South Carolina that "Uncle Tim" became a trending topic on Twitter, in violation of its community guidelines.

As such, on Thursday morning Twitter finally stopped "Uncle Tim" from trending.

A spokesperson for Twitter told Fox News the social media platform is "blocking the phrase ... from appearing in Trends."

"This is in line with our policies on Trends," the spokesperson said, adding that the purpose of Trends is "to promote healthy conversations on Twitter."

"This means that at times, we may not allow or may temporarily prevent content from appearing in Trends until more context is available," the spokesperson said. "This includes Trends that violate The Twitter Rules."

Twitter told Fox News that Trends are "determined by an algorithm and, by default, are tailored for you based on who you follow, your interests, and your location."

"This algorithm identifies topics that are popular now, rather than topics that have been popular for a while or on a daily basis, to help you discover the hottest emerging topics of discussion on Twitter," the spokesperson said.

Twitter would not say why it did not immediately act to block the racist attacks on Scott from trending Wednesday evening.

Sen. Scott responded to his critics on Fox News Thursday morning, saying that "Uncle Tim" trending on Twitter shows that progressives have "doubled down on this concept of liberal oppression."

"You cannot step down out of your lane according to the liberal elite left," Scott said, calling the Twitter trend "upsetting" and "so disappointing."

"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," he said. "Their America and my America are not the same if they think that discriminating is the fastest way to end discrimination."

"Intolerance so often comes from the left with words like 'Uncle Tim' being used against me by the left, and last night what was trending on social media was 'Uncle Tim,' he added. "It is stunning in 2021 that those who speak about ending discrimination want to end it by more discrimination."

Tim Scott says 'America is not a racist country.' Liberals immediately try to prove him wrong by calling him racist epithets.



After Republican Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) delivered an impassioned rebuttal to President Joe Biden's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, declaring that despite the president's claims, "America is not a racist country," liberals on Twitter immediately tried to discredit his claims by launching racial epithets at him.

What did he say?

In the speech, Scott acknowledged that while America's racial "healing" remains an unfinished task, no amount of divisive rhetoric from Democratic politicians and progressive media figures could diminish the progress the country has made toward racial equality.

Such progress is powerfully embodied in his own family's history, Scott suggested, pointing out that his family has gone from "cotton to Congress" in the span of one lifetime — a fact which, egregiously, was called into question by liberal Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler last week.

Sen. Tim Scott delivers GOP rebuttal to Biden's remarks | FULLyoutu.be

The South Carolina lawmaker went on to note that, in many cases, Democrats are the ones who exhibit racism in their politics and policy.

He recalled that last year, after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, he built a police reform bill to address concerns over unchecked instances of police brutality in America. But Democrats blocked the bill from ever being debated in Congress by using a political tactic they now insist is racist — the filibuster.

"My friends across the aisle seemed to want the issue more than they wanted a solution," he charged.

He later referred to Georgia's new voting law, which actually expands early voting opportunity in the state, but which Democrats — including the president — have falsely branded as the new "Jim Crow."

Republicans have an interest in making it "easier to vote and harder to cheat," Scott said, but Democrats, on the other hand, are only interested in "virtue-signaling."

"Race is not a political weapon to settle every issue the way one side wants. It's far too important," Scott said to close out discussion on the topic.

What was the response?

Stopping at nothing to discredit his assessment that "America is not a racist country," liberals immediately launched a racist offensive against Scott on social media, using racial epithets.

Following Scott's speech, mentions of "Uncle Tim" surfaced so many times on Twitter that it became a trend.

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Others shied away from that specific term, but still delivered the same racist message.

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Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro wrote: "There is a certain irony to the fact that Leftists have determined to be as racist as possible to Tim Scott in order to prove him wrong when he says America isn't racist."