Scott's response was deeply deceptive. Scott voted with DJT over 90% of the time, including to weaken the Dodd Frank Act, which aims to stop discriminatory attempts from mortgage lenders---with Black businesses and owners being disproportionately affected. In 2016, he got just 8% of the black vote in South Carolina, so its clear he doesnt speak for the overwhelming majority of Black voters, even in his home state.
He quickly went viral in his rebuttal to Bidens 1st 100 days Congressional address saying "I get called Uncle Tom & the N word, by Progressives." A few moments later he added "Here me clearly, America is not a racist country." There are 2 big problems with that take. 1st, its hard to imagine people calling African Americans the N word as not being racist. 2nd, as much as saying Scott's pronouncement may have been appealing to white Republican voters, it wasnt an actual rebuttal to Biden's remarks. Biden never said America was a racist country. Scott created a straw man talking point for his party's base so he could tell them what they wanted to hear. He was joyfully playing the role of the Black man who makes white americans more comfortable.
In wednesday's speech, Biden use the word racism twice, when he called to "root out systemic racism in our criminal justice system" and also said "we have a real chance to root out systemic racism that Plagues American life in many other ways."
Truth is Scott wasnt there to rebut Biden's speech. He had one job: to soothe racial guilt at any cost.