[NYPOST] Sen. Tim Scott on Wednesday mocked Democrats for their kente cloth stunt after Sen. Dick Durbin...Senator-for-Life from Illinois and Democratic Party Whip. In April 2006, Time magazine identified Durbin as one of
America's 10 Best Senators,so what's that tell you? He was the first United States Senator to support the presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, then the junior senator from Illinois...
described his police reform proposals as a "token" approach.
"Y’all still wearing those kente cloths over there @SenatorDurbin?," Scott, a Republican of South Carolina, wrote on Twitter.
Durbin’s comments came just after Scott, the only black Republican senator, introduced the Republicans’ police reform proposals following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis coppers.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Durbin noted that the time is right for reforms following the mass protests nationwide over Floyd’s death.
"We cannot waste this historic moment, this singular opportunity," Durbin said. "Let’s not do something that is a token, half-hearted approach. Let’s focus instead on making a change that will make a difference in the future of America."
Scott was alluding to Democrats — including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
...Senator-for-life from New York, renowned for his love of standing in front of cameras and microphones. Schumer has been a professional politician since 1975, when disco was in flower, which is 44.53299 years. Senate minority leader as of 2017...
and House Speaker Nancy
San Fran NanPelosi
Congresswoman-for-Life from the San Francisco Bay Area, born into a family of professional politicians. On-again-off-again Speaker of the House. It's not her fault when they lose, but it's her accomplishment when they win. Noted for her heavily botoxed grimace and occasional senior... uhhh... moments...— who knelt earlier this month in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall to note the eight minutes and 46 seconds that former Officer Derek Chauvin kept his knee pressed into Floyd’s neck.
The roughly two dozen Democrats wore colorful African kente cloths draped around their necks.
They were criticized at the time for wearing the African garb, but Rep. Karen Bass, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said the politicians wore the kente cloth in an act of solidarity.
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Congressional Black Caucus, said the politicians wore the kente cloth in an act of solidarity.