A clip of liberal comedian Chelsea Handler saying 50 Cent “can’t vote” for former President Donald Trump during 2020 because he’s Black prompted a sarcastic response from Sen. Tim Scott this week.
Sen. Scott, R.S.C., responded to Handler in a post on social media on Friday, saying, “tell another black man how to think.”
“Yes please tell another black man how to think white lady,” Scott wrote.
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Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks as Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally at the Grappone Convention Center on January 19, 2024, in Concord, New Hampshire. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The comedian made the comments about rapper 50 Cent, whom she briefly dated in 2011, during a remote interview with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight’s show in 2020.
“And I had to remind him that he was a black person, so he can’t vote for Donald Trump,” she told Fallon.
Comedian Chelsea Handler during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)
The comedian argued that the rapper had a responsibility not to influence people to vote for Trump in 2020.
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“You shouldn’t influence a whole swath of people who might listen to you, because you’re worried about your personal pocketbook,” he said.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) takes a brief tour of the Woodlawn neighborhood with Pastor Corey Brooks before speaking at Brooks New Beginnings Church on October 23 October 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. Scott spoke about “the weaponization of race by the radical left” during his speech to the largely African-American audience gathered at the church. (Getty Images)
Scott previously opposed the narrative that Black people should vote Democratic and recently criticized “The View” after he was mocked for his leadership in bringing Black voters to the election. Republican Party.
“Women of ‘The View’: Oh my God. Let me be plain and simple. Without the black vote, there is no Democratic Party,” Scott told “Hannity.” “And since I was elected to Congress in 2010, before that, no black Republican [in Congress]. But since then, there have been seven.”
Scott said, “President Trump’s policies have led to a surge” of black Republican political candidates taking office at the “city, county, state and congressional levels.”
“We’re seeing black council members, black assembly members all over the country,” he said. “There is a wave of black elected officials who happen to be Republicans. But the black vote follows them.”
“The View” co-host criticizes Sen. Tim Scott’s commitment Wednesday, suggesting he did it to become Donald Trump’s vice president. (Screenshot/View)
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin had said Friday that Scott was not strongly defending black conservatives. Scott got under Hostin’s skin last year when he rejected his beliefs on the show about systemic racism.
“Just to speak on behalf of African-American voters,” Hostin said. “If anyone thinks Tim Scott is going to bring in a bunch of black men, he needs to move on, because Tim Scott is the only African-American senator in the Republican Party for a reason.”
Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina (center), speaks during a campaign event with former US President Donald Trump (left) and Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota (right), in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States , on Monday, January 11, 2019. 22, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Scott is one of several candidates that the former president Trump is reportedly considering as his running mate in the 2024 elections.
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Scott ran for the Republican nomination but dropped out before the Iowa caucuses and endorsed Trump.
Fox News’ Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.
