<p>MSNBC guest Tara Setmayer launched a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uncle-tim-trends-on-twitter-after-tim-scotts-rebuttal-to-bidens-sotu-address" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racially-charged attack</a> at Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> (R-SC), who is black, claiming that his presidential run would go nowhere and referring to him as a &#8220;racial pacifier&#8221; and a &#8220;racial security blanket.&#8221;</p>
<p>Setmayer, a senior adviser with the Lincoln Project, joined MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart on his &#8220;Saturday Show&#8221; — and she weighed in on the recent <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/sen-tim-scott-speaks-to-nbc-news-after-launching-2024-presidential-exploratory-committee-170310725719" target="_blank" rel="noopener">soft launch</a> of Scott&#8217;s 2024 presidential campaign.</p>
<p>&#8220;I find Senator Scott fascinating, a black Republican who isn’t too shy in talking about race, but whose views on race can be problematic both within the GOP and in the general public.&#8221; Capehart began, asking, &#8220;So, I mean, am I giving him too much credit?&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Listen, Tim Scott, bless his heart, is trying to make a name for himself now, taking advantage of the fact that Republicans every election cycle need a racial pacifier,&#8221; Setmayer said. &#8220;He’s their racial security blanket in the race.&#8221;</p>
<p>Setmayer immediately pivoted to former President Donald Trump, claiming that Republicans had failed to &#8220;diversify the tent&#8221; and adding, &#8220;They went in the complete opposite direction. But the one constant has been good ole Senator Tim Scott, the lone black Republican in the Senate.&#8221;</p>
<p>She went on to say that she respected Senator Scott&#8217;s life story, but not the fact that he had supported Trump and voted to acquit him after the January 6th-related impeachment.</p>
<p>&#8220;That I have no respect for. None whatsoever. I have no respect for someone that cannot take a firm position on where he stands on our democracy. On Donald Trump’s existential threat to it,&#8221; Setmayer continued. &#8220;I mean, the 1990s called and they want their campaign video back. There’s nothing extraordinary about what Tim Scott is doing. I mean, he’s a big snooze and he has no chance. None whatsoever. Zip, zero.&#8221;</p>
<p>Following some backlash over the racially-charged nature of her comments, Setmayer complained about all the &#8220;hate-filled msgs&#8221; that were flooding her inbox and doubled down on her comments, claiming the GOP had been &#8220;TRIGGERED.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">My comments on <a href="https://twitter.com/weekendcapehart?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@weekendcapehart</a> about Sen Tim Scott being a “racial security blanket” for the GOP has TRIGGERED them! <br />So many hate filled msgs since this segment 🤷🏽‍♀️ </p>
<p>The truth has a way of doing that. </p>
<p>Here’s a clip. </p>
<p>📺 Full video go here: <a href="https://t.co/bRkLrsqkdK">https://t.co/bRkLrsqkdK</a> <a href="https://t.co/LKNBuYAFgF">pic.twitter.com/LKNBuYAFgF</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Tara Setmayer 🌻 (@TaraSetmayer) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaraSetmayer/status/1647598461930422274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote>

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