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Ted Cruz: “Tim Scott is my colleague in the Senate. He's African…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 28:42

And then you did it. So keep going. Yeah. I said, hey, Grok, who is Tim Scott and why did Democrats believe he's not black? So, Tim Scott, Republican. Yeah. Tim Scott is my colleague in the Senate. He's African American. He was elected to Congress to a House district in South Carolina, then he became a senator. He's been reelected over, over and over and over again in South Carolina. And yet to the Democrats, he does not count as black. Because if you're a Republican, suddenly you're white. (28:42–28:53)

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Asserts that Tim Scott, an African American, was elected to Congress and then became a senator.

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