Presidential hopeful Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) blasted hosts on “The View” for their claims about race, which Scott called “dangerous, disgusting, [and] offensive.”
During a June 5 appearance on the show, Scott got into a heated exchange with co-host Sunny Hostin about the progress made by black Americans over the past several decades. He accused the hosts of pushing an ideology of victimization on black Americans that doesn’t correspond with reality.
“One of the things I think about and one of the reasons why I’m on the show is because of the comments that were made, frankly, on this show that the only way for a young African American kid to be successful in this country is to be the exception and not the rule,” Scott said….