Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the only African American Republican senator, told CNN on Wednesday that he agrees with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that reparations are not a"realistic path forward" because it's just too complicated to figure out who to compensate.
"There is no question that slavery is a scourge on the history of America," Scott said."The question is, are reparations a realistic path forward? The answer is no. The fact is if you just try to unscramble that egg to figure out who are we compensating, who's actually paying for it and who was here in 1865?"He added,"I think you start seeing a formula that is impossible to unscramble that egg. So I think it's a nonstarter.
If they can prove that they are black Americans.... with perhaps DanA evidence then give them the money.... damn it’s not rocket science
I’m starting to get really excited. After Warren pays off my student loans, and I get my back pay for my Indian and Mexican heritage, plus my new pay for being part black Ill be one rich SOB! Mr or mrs vp if you could handle my car and house balance that would be wonderful!
A real uncle tom. What an embarrassment
Chicken shit
WOW!!! TIM?.. TIM scott GEE!! WHO unLOCK his door Tom Scott WHERE HAVE you been..as a BLACK man we have not heard from you?
They figured out how much to pay Japan and China. You should be ashamed of yourself. In your State Blacks are under attack and poor. So what are you personally doing for them Senator? Probably not much. Lock step with your leader? So sad you Republicans. So low on character.
New rap song coming out,..'Well, hip hop, your great-gramps enslaved my great-gramps, so you owe me a living, homey!' Throw all that 'reparations stuff ou the window!
Easyer to figure out the true slave owner descendents then all the Democrats who wanted to keep slavery!
Unless you were a slave, you deserve NOTHING.
Nonsense. After the Caucasian tribal war of 1939-1945, Caucasian ethnic groups received reparations and continue to do so from Germany. Was that not a complicated matter? Did America finally compensate the Japanese families for the illegal internment? Please.
Ask Mitch about health care?
Find another way to make reparations
Hell we sent men to the moon with the computing power less than today’s laptops. This is not too complicated.
Tim Scott is reverse Michael Jackson, a sheep in wolfskin.
Agreed only slave .not one alive . 1874 was the end of slavery 145 years .have we learned .our lesson .no but we learn every year . Free people and freedom does not come free or easy
Sure Elizabeth Warren would find she’s part black from a plantation or was it a reservationists
The Democrat Party was the party of slavery, Jim Crow, and opposition of the Civil Rights movement. How about the DNC pay for reparations? They’re the most responsible for it.
Meaning that funds are available, they just don't know how to do it. Go find out from Germany and Israel how they went about theirs and that will provide a good template from which to proceed.
A nation that figure out how to put a man in space, with the help of African American calculators, win two world wars, survive a “civil war” and the world transforming internet, CAN figure stuff out.🤨
That's an easy one... compensate the Native American Indians.
Meaning funds are there, they just don't know how to do it. Go find out from Germany and Israel how they went about theirs and that will provide a template from which to proceed.
It’s easy really. All slave owners should be responsible for their slaves. People now are owed nothing by anyone living today.
Can we not just ADMIT we made mistakes AND repair what we've done unilaterally instead of trying to specify people? TEACH people not to judge, encourage more people to try for advances originally given to a specific group...
So Tim Scott is going along with Mitch McConnell, saying that we selected the first black president, we passed the Civil Rights bill so what else do y'all want Thanks Tim
Oh this Tom here.
This is why Dems are pushing because it's not realistic. Reparations from people who had nothing to do with..to..people who were not slaves is foolish. It never occurred to Democrats that they should pay reparations. They were the party of slavery who fought a civil war to defend
i would say he's a donkey but donkey's are actually cute, useful AND smart.
Tim your not smart enough to figure it out I mean the gop seems to think it’s the smartest party ever lol
It's times like this I wish I was black except when the cops pull you over but I have family that's Indian and they're getting cashed up for some reason my family never applied for that I guess we're hard workers
He would!!!
“We’ve come 2 our nation’s capital to cash a check,” he said & he went on 2 accuse US of being a moral skinflint when it came 2 honoring the debts of justice. “It is obvious 2day that US has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.” - MLK
I need some reparations too.
Black Traiotors are exact reason we have Black Slavery. Selling out your own for peanuts on the table. Yes Masser
Thank you Senator
I'm mixed race - what's my percentage?
How do you compensate people for something they have never experienced? Fact is, African Americans have better lives today then their counterparts anywhere in the world. This is the evolutionary process. Let’s move forward and not live in the past.
Like I said we all know that slaves used to beat slaves for their masters this is nothing new here stay focused people is saying sorry this is
That and the fact that no one alive is responsible, also.. the amount of tax dollars used to fund the AA community programs, welfare, food stamps, schools, housing etc over the last 200 years more than adequately reimbursed any potential impacted relatives.
Yes , I agree the black People were treated horribly 150 years ago; but, with Gods help we all got through it! History is our history let it stay there! The future is wonderful black People are equal and professionals God Bless !We are One People same Blood One God ! ‘Love God’🙏🏻
It’s not that it’s too complicated, it’s that it’s nonsensical.
BS we can start with birth certificates don’t sound to complicated to me, birth certificate tells a story of where we are from.
The bill is to STUDY the issue. It doesn’t pay anybody anything. Once again, the GOP pronounces judgment before the trial.
Not only too complicated, it would be attacking people for something they never had part in. We weren’t here or alive when that was going on. Focus on securing our borders. Focus on the Trojan horse in our Congress. That’s where we have problems.
Thank you Tim Scott!
With all that is going on in our nation, the left talk about the slavery of 150 years ago? Why don’t they work to protect the border, to protect the lives of the unborn, to rewrite the immigration laws, to encourage continued economic growth & prosperity for the American citizens
this Dem feels this talk about reparations is absolute nonsense and will not get Dems elected but create an enormous backlash -
A lawful opportunity to piss on the graves of Trump senatemajldr and other racist and bigots will be enough reparations.
What’s your point of this tweet
Are descendants of dead & wounded Union soldiers in the plan? Maybe if we focused on 1 thing like improving African American education generally we’d get somewhere and it would be money well spent. How does CNN think open borders is going to help poor black student achievement?
Ummm genealogy testing
Scary how many people are calling him an Uncle Tom here...
This is an acceptable point to look at someone’s skin and say they deserve reparations. It’s not that hard. He’s bought into hating his own race.
It’s not too complicated to figure out who to compensate… Black people…
Would have been one of the few Blacks who had slaves!
We Are America! ...When Things Are Hard, We Don’t Bother.
LOL!!!!!!!!
Send it to organizations like negro college fund, NAACP, etc.
The black people were not the only slaves, I can’t believe I’m agreeing with Mich on this but he’s right
I say pay the indians first
JustWhy 🤦🏾♀️
He’s correct.
Colored my shocked!!!
“WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE ITS TO LATE “ The scum in Washington are getting out of hand 😡😡😡😡😡😡
CNN you can do better than this. There were always black people that supported the slave owners. Don’t you think they will be black People that don’t support reparations 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
Puppet Tim Scott d only black puppet that agree turtle face Mitch McConnel, yep when born puppet always a puppet, Mr,u n our brothers n sisters has been trash by ur Master KKKTrump by saying that blacks come from shity Countries, n u agree, SHAME
This is so easy......... Just pass a simple PROGRAM that supports YOUNG BLACK Kids to stay in school and NOT ON THE STREETS!
Since when are repatriations just “money”
Agree....how many intertwined families have there been in the generations since the Civil War? Feds can't even ensure current entitlement programs go to the right people. Imagine the fraud trying to run such a program tied to records from 150+ years ago. TheDemocrats. GOP
Shameful
Mr Scott , again you show out have common sense. Keep up the Good work
Why is this news? Are you implying that most black people want freebies? Insulting.
Then compensate everyone, all 350,000,000 of us, With a living wage.
TheDemocrats where are the slave owners have them pay
Reparations were paid with the blood of union soldiers.
My goodness a logical and objective opinion!
Why any1 takes senscott seriously?
Imagine how stimulating to the economy it would be? Reparations would be a GOP home run if they were smart enough to get it done.
.... Do not quote him again
Idiot. Who says they will be handing out cash?
If we provide reparations to one class/race what about all the others? American Indian for one. There were others as well. Fact is there were many ancestors who experienced some sort of mistreatment/discrimination. When slaves first won freedom they were given reparations.
Beetlepimp I found your dad.
And it doesn’t solve anything.
It’s easy.. NO ONE !! Most idiotic thing I’ve ever heard !
Oooh TheDemocrats are promising to cure cancer, free College , free health care, open boarders, reparations...FREE EVERY THING....well that’s a platform....
SenatorTimScott sounds like he is worried the divorce would be too complicated so don’t have the marriage. Fearing a conversation about makes him an American’t.
These CJ type Negroes, though.
Tim Scott, your mind is stunted, no one is responsible for the actions of others in the past, your responsible for actions in the future ?
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it's not complicated. My great grandmother was a slave... Records exist as proof.
what are they going to do, mandatory genetic testing?
Really? Dispensing reparations is about as complicated as a tax credit. If SenatorTimScott doesn't want it, then don't take it.
How much was he paid to sell out his ethics and morals?
Repreations demean the people intended to receive them, they don’t need a handout to make you Cory Booker feel less guilt. Pandering to every idea is shameful and make me not trust anybody on the left. This will cause a 2nd civil war bc we did not own slaves and won’t stand for
Plus, you have to think about all of us who immigrated to the US recently. Why would we have to pay for it?
You mean difficult like ACA, immigration reform and telling the truth.
.TheDemocrats is only looking for cheap votes. They aren't interested in making the people truly free / independent. Elections2020 ElectionCommission
Why should Americans who didn't own slaves pay 'slave reparations' to people who have never been a slave?
This was 200 years ago... cmon
You can tell they have given this option a lot of thought...
Sen Scott is correct!
America has been paying for decades for the moral and educational breakdown in the African American families. Far less blacks graduate HS. This is horrible for the community and their lives.
instead of talking of paying billions in reparations which is impossible to disseminate why dont the government pay billion into a fund to help with Afro American opportunities to start and run businesses and to beat racism
Tim Scott is a fool. So, he is only interested in simple things. Can't you think Mr. Tim? What a stupid and flimsy excuse not to do the tough things. Just reading this makes me very angry. No one is asking for compensation 'Moron.' Think, think, think outside the small box.
Common sense
So he wants to do nothing.
Give the Natives their land back.
Oh for fucks sakes!
I agree with Burgess Owens... democrats should pay.
I can help! Go down to the Ghetto. Rebuild the schools. Hire more teachers. Refurbish the housing. Hire more builders. Do stuff: don't sit on your hands! 💓👍😁 SenatorTimScott AOC maggieNYT KattyKay_ hughhewitt ChrisCuomo
That’s why they are proposing this to be studied before jumping into it.
CNN be a real news outfit and play the video of the ivy league black democrat young man that gets it and eloquently explained why reparations are rediculous
It's not complicated to me. That's for 300 years of Free Chained Slave Labor for Money and Profits and and another 200 years of Racism and Discrimination. That comes out to roughly $100 Trillion Dollars. Now can we get our Reparations? You can't tell that Lie anymore.
I am half Irish. My ancestors were Irish slaves of the railroads. Where do I sing up for my money!!!
Good! How about we all stand together as Americans, regardless of color, like MLK dreamed about Nah, that won’t cut it for the left because without perpetuating racism & division, they have nothing. Disgusting.
If you’re such a caring news network why aren’t you helping the millions of American homeless veterans that are living on the street instead everything is for immigrants with you
Too complicated? No more compensation at all.
Something that an obedient slave would say...
Then COMPENSATE ALL!!! AND all NON BLACKS MUST PAY: chinese, japanese, mexicans, arabs, jews, whites...
It's too hard so nope. Man, that's some job security.
If something is too complicated we should not do it, what a heroic character...
It is for him! He is kinda stupid!
Yeah, can't make cake because it's too damn hard to figure out what kind to bake. So go hungry? If I may whitesplain😉 for a sec or two, set up a fund. Kids in every African American family are entitled to a sum for use in education or job training or family need.That's a start.
Agree with Burgess Owens that Democrats have Screwed up Black lives from being the Slave owners to KKK to being the racists in the 50s & 60s and continue to screw Blacks with Liberal Policies. No amount of money will fix this situation!!!
It's really not that hard you can start by compensating black communities who are still being oppressed in the South in Alabama Georgia Louisiana rtc It's not to give checcks to individuals but to help black communities and equal chance which it was stolen just like their freedom
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Uncle Tom
Si if thinks are difficult the GOP does not deal with them?
Its over. Are the Israelis looking for reparations from Egypt. What is the purpose of reparations
Where are the talks about compensation to Native Americans? They were enslaved. They had their nations taken from them by force; also their culture, language, religion, etc, destroyed; families torn apart; & family members murdered by U.S. military & civilians.
Can we get the British to pay Americans reparations for oppressing all of us prior to 1776?
That’s what I was wondering 🤔 how would you figure that out
Mr. Scott, before 1865 slave owners were all saying the same thing ' too complicated to figure out' what they would do without slavery. Stopping Adolph Hitler and putting man on the moon falls in the same category
This from a guy who was a slave to poverty. Did he let that define him, or did he do what the rest of us did, no matter what our background. He pulled himself and put himself right in a path of success. It's called Hard Work.
It is always complicated when it is time to do anything that would benefit black people. Putting a man on the moon was complicated. Splitting an atom is complicated, world peace is complicated. Reparation isn’t.
How about putting more money towards education for African Americans (AA) ? Remember how long AA were robbed of education. Remember how AA were prevented from learning to read. How about there?
He's not wrong.....
They not asking for money but a better way of life for Africa Americans.
Let’s also provide reparations to Whites for the costs of housing, feeding, medical care, generational welfare, imprisonment, etc of the 13% of the population that commits over 50% of all murders. Where’s your story on that? FakeNewsCnn
What about the Chinese and Irish? Will they get reparations?
its un-american: we dont punish children for the sins of their fathers. it will only divide us, not heal. its another futile, insane, extreme left-fantasy.
I respectfully disagree with you. ❤️❤️🇺🇸
Seriously who would be paid nobody's alive when that happened and that should have happened last century .. Oh wait Trump's President... My mistake
Most Niqqers have no idea who their father even is. What is your argument against his statement?
I want my reparations... my great great grandfather was denied a ham sandwich in the 1870’s. Please send me $5000 will call it good.
Smart guy. Good point.
Really? How about African American community centers, organizations that serve them, and congregations that have been victimized by racial violence! I can list more!
Hell Nancy Pelosi doesn’t either...
I bet they told this dumb ass %🤬 that he should say something he would be taking care off, and that’s why they will always say that Judas was black slavery ain’t done bwai with sellouts like this one we would never reach were we’re going.
Doesn't have to be complicated it just has to be a sincere effort and acknowledgement of harm.
I’ve researched my roots to the 1400s just by doing an ancestry search. I could apply and prove that I am DAR. Shouldn’t be too hard.
So because it’s hard🤷🏽♀️. How does he do it; be black and attached to a con job political party.
Uncle. Utha. Uckin. Tom.
Reparations are bullshit.
Besides that we would have to compensate all ancestors to white people who were killed trying to stop the blacks from kidnapping n selling their own people INTO SLAVERY. Know the facts !
They are literally going to make black people pay for their own reparations!! How do they not understand
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Blacks aren’t the only ones that suffered at the hands of whites Asians , Mexicans and other minority’s did too. Don’t they deserve some also. And even in the present day we still come across racism. Trump
Are YOU surprised 😐
The issue of reparations is about repairing the financial crisis in the black community caused by not only slavery and Jim Crow, but the systematic wealth exclusion that was government sponsored that followed slavery up till today.
Watching him and Burgess Owens tell it like it is to those sitting up there with their smug looks and ridiculous ideas was a sight to behold. Republicans are not the bad guys. I'm not a racist. I am a republican woman who wants world of successful working Americans.
That's like a plantation owner saying 'We can't free our slaves. There's just no realistic path forward.' You mean, not one you're willing to take.
The democrats were the party of slavery, segregation, and Jim Crowe — NOT THE REPUBLICANS— google it. Get FCKING educated
Why- because thinking is hard?
True.
Start with Irish slaves families
How about compensating African-Americans at large? Enhancing standards and access to education, quality housing and infrastructure, provision of adequate healthcare for all, and improving local communities! It's an easy solution if you put your mind to work, SenatorTimScott.
Yea, what’s that going to do ? Everybody is going to be ok then and everything forgivin ?
It’s simply extortion
I mean we don’t pay serial killer families generations deep...
He doesn’t understand. Maybe he needs to visit that episode of TWW that he missed.
No it’s easy to figure out. If you were a slave back in the 1800’s and can prove it you should be compensated. If not then you shouldn’t. PERIOD Oh and since the Dems were responsible they should pay the reparations NOT the American people.
Going to the moon was complicated. Pulling us out of the Great Depression was complicated. Declaring independence and creating an incredible Constitution was complicated. Yet somehow, every single problem is too damn complicated for modern Republicans to solve.
The easiest way to compensate somebody is to take away their taxes and make them have no taxes for the next 10 years•••••Reducing the bill for 10 years—-it would be a lot of money for them.....$$$$$.....
As a black woman, this is a trap the Dems are falling into. Instead of reparations, the Dems need to talk to us about jobs programs; technical, CDL, medical training, anything that will help our community going forward. Not demanding $ for a past we can’t change. 👍🏾
I continue to support encouraging young black people to get any kind of education they wish....college or vocational. I would rather do tuition support
That's not an acceptable response for any subject/situation. .. he's pathetic.
Bet you could figure it out. Maybe not though if mitch is your reference.......
Are you kidding me? As a foreigner, the idea that the GOP only has the one black senator seems to reinforce the stereotypes we get over here of Republicans.
There are no surviving former slaves who would be entitled to reparations, there are no former slaves owners alive to pay them. This is just another attempt by Dems to buy votes with promises of more undeserving handouts at the expense of tax payers.
The only one!!! Thank you for pointing out such useless information.
I’m very curious to know how SenatorTimScott feels knowing his success, even existence in the United States Senate is predicated on him toeing the line. He’s granted some latitude to cross the line, but in the end he knows just how far he can go before McConnell pulls the leash.
Every African-American was born from Slavery. It’s just that simple. If the US paid the Japanese and their descendants for imprisonments then African-Americans most definitely be compensated for being enslaved.
Well, Tim would NOT be one up for reparations.....
Thanks a lot....Brother!
Common sense, if only the Democrats would acquire it 10% of the time.
Booker’s just trying to increase his polling from 0.002 to 0.0025. Good luck loud mouth.
Dear senTimScott I would like you to confirm this is in fact your position. Understanding that will tell me all I need to know. I await your confirmation. Shucking and jiving need not be included. If in fact, you stand with McConnell please say so. ThatIsAll
This would be a grand benefit to everyone in the states and beyond. I want everyone to know the real history and maybe the next generation will develop empathy and compassion along with a new found love and respect for ourselves and others.
The past cannot be repayed. Billions of people have been tortured through history. Jesus is the way to heaven, eternal life and holiness. Some are born twice & die once. Some are born once & die twice. You choose.
There is always “one”. Here he is......
Reparation, especially as currently defined, is just not going to cut it - it completely belittles what happened to us Africans! We are the losers - we lost our best people to slavery to the west, one of the reasons why we are stuck with the kind of leaders we have today!
Uncle Tom. Why don't you have a mind of your own?
Oreo is going to be Oreo. Be nice and don't upset the massa. Never say the quiet part out loud.
Slave owners were all democrats. Reparations should be paid to Republicans.
SenatorTimScott is an intelligent, secure, sane man & knows how ridiculous the entire subject is for our country! Perhaps the Dems should find the Africans who sold other Africans into slavery for Europeans & Americans. They were the ones offering up free labor of their own!
But, tax cuts for the rich was easy?
What ? Too hard to find out ? Hello! DNA can serve as a means to track the ancestry. Nevertheless , Africans are not the only people who have a legit claim. Native American Indians deserve them too.
I want money because they wouldn’t hire the Irish..”Irish need not apply”
It’s political pandering ala the democrats. More of the same.
I’m just curious who in their right mind would willingly give over knowledge or their ancestry and dna over to the government.
Reparations are a complete idiotic liberal idea, simply to gain more popularity with the black community. Yet when they held office for 8 years, they done NOTHING for the black community except put them on welfare. FACT!!!
Oh gosh. The Congress; house and senate need to start the debate so that they can bounce around their ideas for reparations because some folk just hear throw money at black people when they hear the word; even the elected Reps.
There’s always one 😒
I'm not paying squat for a past that none of us had to live through.
So Kamala Harris and the Dems say that we don’t want to be in the past and must look forward but wants to look backwards to the 1800s ? How does that make sense ? seanhannity POTUS
Native Americans first.
It’s not about the Benjamin’s Tim Scott is a Oreo anyway
He’s not wrong.
Good
Reparations don’t have to be cash or monetary payments.
Yep just trot out the conservative token to put the fire out, fuck that. Do you know much tap dancing a black man has to do to get elected as a republican in South Carolina
Wow, I forgot he was in the Republican party, where did they find him? But he's in Congress, but he doesn't want to deal with complicated issues. I've never heard him say any realivant, I mean say anything else was complicated, but everyone knows they're limits.
I really hate the wording of this headline. There are 3 African American senators currently in office. 2 are democrats and 1 is a republican. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, and Tim Scott. Lmao Kamala is mixed to so make that a .5 lead.
Uncle Tim says masta is rite.
So just because a problem is complicated means that it is not a worthy goal to pursue and overcome the challenges it may bring? That is the kind of thinking that got us into a global crisis in the first place. If your job is too complicated to do it. Move aside. BeTheChange
Ok GOP no reparations, how about instead you just stop trying to repress the black vote through gerrymandering and other regressive plans? Not quite even, but it’s a start.
HEY CNN, HOW'S THAT 14TH PLACE IN VIEWERSHIP GOING? I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN COUNT TO 20 BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR GARBAGE NETWORK IS GOING SOON.
And who should do the compensating is pretty complicated too.
Tim Scott is black?...where?
we sick boss! housenigga
This is rarely discussed, however...
DNA
'We only learn from the past, Not Live on It.. '
Thank go’s USA has a coupleof smart people. Thepast is the past move on is the only choice!👍
CommonSense
Does Rachel dolezal qualify for reparations?
This is a lose/lose. Do we take a payment that says we are less than? Do we charge the children who may not even be racist because of their ancestors? One thing we cannot do is forget what blacks were put through. Our legacy is too rich to devalue. FreedomDay wednesdaythoughts
Anyone against Reparations is supremacist entitled greedy & inhumane. Reparations is not just paying out money to descendants of Slavery. Reparations is wealth distribution, correcting systemic racism, equality and starting programs to provide a level field for success.
I should take the time to write about this. But he's an absolute madman to have so much power to, instead of being insane in a position of power, make a 26 year old idioth do his job for him. ;03 :C
Tim this was not the day for you to speak especially since you always agree with the Repubs
How about --- it's just another lame, idiotic, poorly disguised attempt at 'Wealth Redistribution'! **I'll give $10,000.00 U.S. Dollars to ANY Former Slave who can walk up and produce evidence that they were once owned by me or any of my immediate family.
Its only ridiculous cuz they don't want to do it. Simple fix, tax exempt for us a few yrs. Problem solved.
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