Sen. Tim Scott to Newsmax: Biden Hooked US on ‘Victimhood’

Democrats and President Joe Biden are getting Americans hooked on a “new drug called victimhood,” according to Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Newsmax, who is homing his 2024 presidential campaign on beating back the big “lies” of race-baiting Democrats.

“My life disproves the lies of the radical left,” Scott told Saturday’s “America Right Now” in a sit-down interview with host Tom Basile, which was recorded after Scott’s campaign launch speech earlier this week. “The radical left today, they are focusing on a culture of grievance, and what we’ve experienced is the seeds of greatness can grow ,and they create a harvest.

“I think there’s just new drug called victimhood that President Biden and the radical left seem to be getting Americans hooked on.

“There’s nothing further from the truth of American exceptionalism than victimhood and grievance.”

Scott was lauded by many, including former President Donald Trump and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, for having delivered a positive message in his campaign launch speech.

“I do think that people are excited and interested in a positive, optimistic message — as long as you have conservative bona fides and a strong backbone,” Scott told Basile.

“You couldn’t write a better story than people who love you, who show up for you, when you don’t even know you need them — less to do with me and more to do with the greatness of good people who went the extra mile on my behalf.”

One of the iconic messages of Scott’s speech was the line: “I’m living proof that America is the land of opportunity and not a land of oppression.”

It strikes back at Democrat messaging that uses race and the oppression of American Black voters to win elections. Scott is a Black conservative senator that disproves Democrats’ narrative.

“I think what I bring to the table is the ability to persuade the American people that our conservative principles work, and then there’s proof of it,” Scott told Basile.

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