LZ Granderson: It Took a Hundred Years from Reconstruction to Tim Scott’s Election, ‘That’s Not by Accident, That’s by Design’

HILL Let s talk ░░░░░░░░ Tim Scott and Nikki ░░░░░░░░ So there were comments ░░░░░░░░ former President Obama made ░░░░░░░░ David Axelrod on his ░░░░░░░░ his most recent podcast ░░░░░░░░ how the Republican Party ░░░░░░░░ with race and deals ░░░░░░░░ the conversation about race ░░░░░░░░ frankly the history of ░░░░░░░░ country And they really ░░░░░░░░ back both Nikki both ░░░░░░░░ Scott and Nikki Haley ░░░░░░░░ I think we have ░░░░░░░░ of that we have ░░░░░░░░ tweet from Nikki Haley ░░░░░░░░ that tweeting in part ░░░░░░░░ set minorities back by ░░░░░░░░ them out as victims ░░░░░░░░ of empowering them Tim ░░░░░░░░ arguing Obama missed an ░░░░░░░░ here to unite the ░░░░░░░░ as America s first ░░░░░░░░ president This was very ░░░░░░░░ pushback on this idea ░░░░░░░░ there needs to be ░░░░░░░░ real conversation right which ░░░░░░░░ really what the former ░░░░░░░░ was getting at and ░░░░░░░░ has yet to see ░░░░░░░░ GRANDERSON Right HILL Does ░░░░░░░░ work GRANDERSON No because ░░░░░░░░ proof is in the ░░░░░░░░ right Like Tim Scott ░░░░░░░░ like it it took ░░░░░░░░ hundred years from reconstruction ░░░░░░░░ his election to get ░░░░░░░░ African American Republican from ░░░░░░░░ south represented in the ░░░░░░░░ That s not by ░░░░░░░░ that s by design ░░░░░░░░ for him to not ░░░░░░░░ that design as part ░░░░░░░░ his story is really ░░░░░░░░ And what s even ░░░░░░░░ unfortunate when you look ░░░░░░░░ that quote from that ░░░░░░░░ from Governor Haley I ░░░░░░░░ Ambassador Haley the word ░░░░░░░░ pronoun them distancing herself ░░░░░░░░ minorities despite being a ░░░░░░░░ minority herself reveals a ░░░░░░░░ more about her understanding ░░░░░░░░ how she factors into ░░░░░░░░ in this country more ░░░░░░░░ than Obama s impact ░░░░░░░░ minority or how minorities ░░░░░░░░ themselves in general.”