People For National Political Director Markus Batchelor reflects on Senator Tim Scott's candidacy for President.
Though Tim Scott has suspended his 2024 campaign for president, Democratic critics tell theGrio he still poses a threat to Black voters as a remaining U.S. senator and potential vice presidential nominee for the Republican Party.
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However, Markus Batchelor, national political director for the progressive advocacy group People For the American Way, called Scott an “embarrassment” for the role he played in the Republican presidential field “as an apologist for structural racism and institutional oppression.” He went further, calling Scott’s stance on racism “disgusting,” especially since it came from the first Black person elected to a senate seat from South Carolina.
