PETE: HE SAYS TAKE A LOOK AT
THE RECORD.
PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE JOE
BIDEN TAKING HEAT OVER THAT
INTERVIEW, INCLUDING FROM OUR
NEXT GUEST WHO CALLS THE
COMMENTS ARROGANT AND
CONDESCENDING.
GRIFF: REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM
SOUTH CAROLINA, TIM SCOTT, JOINS
US NOW.
SENATOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US.
OBVIOUSLY A VERY SENSITIVE
MOMENT.
I WAS POINTING OUT EARLIER IN
THE SHOW, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE
AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE IN SOUTH
CAROLINA JOE BIDEN IS RELEVANT
AND IS LIKELY HEADED FOR THE
NOMINATION.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE
COMMENTS AND WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
HIS RECORD?
>> WELL, THERE’S NO DOUBT THAT
IF YOU LOOK AT -- THE FACT THAT
HE IS THE NO, MA’AM ME,
BASICALLY -- NOMINEE, BASICALLY
SPEAKING, IS BECAUSE SOUTH
CAROLINA’S AFRICAN AMERICAN
POPULATION STOOD UP AND TRUSTED
JOE BIDEN NOT AS MUCH AS THEY
TRUSTED JIM CLYBURN AND FOLLOWED
JIM CLYBURN’S ENDORSEMENT OF JOE
BIDEN.
THAT’S WHY HE IS IN THE POSITION
HE IS IN, WHICH REINFORCES THE
NEGATIVE NARRATIVE THAT JOE
BIDEN AIN’T WOKE.
I’D SAY IT THE WAY HE WOULD SAY
IT IF HE WERE ON AN AFRICAN
AMERICAN STATION.
HE’S PLAYING TO AN AUDIENCE,
ASSUMING THAT THE AUDIENCE --
THEY’RE NOT SMART ENOUGH TO
FIGURE IT OUT.
I’M GLAD HE WAS CALLED OUT ON
THAT NEGATIVITY AND ARROGANCE.
FRANKLY, I WOULD LOVE, LOVE TO
HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT JOE
BIDEN’S RECORD VERSUS DONALD
TRUMP’S RECORD.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION ON NATIONAL TV, FOX
NEWS, CNN, ABC, THIS IS A RECORD
THAT THE PRESIDENT WILL WIN ON.
THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE
LEGISLATION IN AND OF ITSELF.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS HELPED
CREATE A $75 BILLION INVESTMENT
INTO THE POOREST COMMUNITIES AND
NOW LINDSEY GRAHAM AND THE
PRESIDENT ARE WORKING TO BRING
BROADBAND INTO THOSE POOREST
AREAS.
THE ABILITY TO CONNECT PEOPLE
WHO TODAY ARE UNCONNECTED, FOR
LEARNING, FOR MEDICINE AND FOR
JOBS OF THE FUTURE.
WHAT HAS JOE BIDEN DONE IN THE
LAST 20 YEARS AND THE ANSWER IS
CRIBBINGCRICKETS.
THINK ABOUT THE CRIME BILL THAT
DISPROPORTIONATELY TARGETED
AFRICAN MACHINE MALES.
AMERICAN MALES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID WE’LL HELP
PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING OUT NOT
RETURN.
THAT’S A FORM OF COMPASSION THAT
COULD BE MEASURED BY THE LIVES
CHANGED BY THE FAMILIES IMPACTED
AND FOR JOE BIDEN TO SAY TO
1.3 MILLION AFRICAN AMERICANS
WHO VOTED FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
THAT THEY AIN’T BLACK IS
ARROGANT, CONDESCENDING AND
FRANKLY SPEAKS TO THE FAMILIES
OF THE 1.3 MILLION AFRICAN
AMERICAN AS WELL.
PETE: SO WELL SAID.
JEDEDIAH: SENATOR, I’M ALWAYS
INCLINED TO THINK THAT A COMMENT
LIKE THIS, THE ONE JOE BIDEN
MADE ON THE BREAKFAST CLUB,
WOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR HIM
WHEN IT COMES TO VOTERS.
BUT THE THINK IS, WHEN YOU LOOK
BACK IN HISTORY, THIS IS NOT THE
FIRST TIME THAT JOE BIDEN HAS
MADE A COMMENT LIKE THAT AND HE
CONTINUES TO GET AWAY WITH IT.
LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK IN THIS
CLIP.
>> SURE.
>> POOR KIDS ARE JUST AND
BRIGHT AND JUST AS TALENTED AS
WHITE KIDS, WEALTHY KIDS, BLACK
KIDS, ASIAN KIDS.
UNCHAIN WALL STREET.
THEY’RE GOING TO PUT YOU ALL
BACK IN CHAINS.
I’VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP IN
DELAWARE, THE LARGEST GROWTH IN
POPULATION IS INDIAN AMERICAN,
MOVING FROM INDIA.
YOU CANNOT GO TO A 7-ELEVEN OR A
DUNKIN’ DONUTS UNLESS YOU HAVE A
SLIGHT INDIAN ACCENT.
I’M NOT JOKING.
PETE: WOW.
JEDEDIAH: THIS IS A PATTERN OF
BEHAVIOR.
WILL IT MATTER TO VOTERS THIS
TIME AROUND?
>> I THINK IT WILL.
MOSTLY BECAUSE FOLKS IN THE
CELEBRITY COMMUNITY AND AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY ARE COMING
OUT SAYING, WAIT A SECOND, LET’S
ACTUALLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE
RECORD AND SEE WHAT HE’S
PRODUCED.
THE CRACK COCAINE DISPARITY IS
SOMETHING HE PRODUCED.
MOST AFRICAN AMERICANS FIND THAT
TO BE DEPLORABLE.
I MENTIONED THE CRIME BILL.
KAMALA HARRIS WHEN SHE WAS
DEBATING HIM ON THE STAGE TALKED
ABOUT HIS OPPOSITION TO
INTEGRATION.
THERE ARE SO MANY CLEAR POINTS,
LANDMARKS IN HIS CAREER THAT IF
WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DEBATE THE
ISSUES, A CHANCE TO DEBATE HIS
PERFORMANCE, WHAT WE WILL SAY IS
PRESIDENT TRUMP, LET ME GET THIS
RIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
PROVIDED THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF
FUNDING FOR HISTORICALLY BLACK
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE
HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY.
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME IT WAS
PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO MADE THE
PERMANENT FUNDING FOR THOSE
HBCUs, PERMANENT FOR THE NEXT
10 YEARS.
THEN THEY’LL SAY YOU MEAN TO
TELL ME THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
THE ONE THAT FOCUSED ON SICKLE
CELL ANEMIA, A DISEASE THAT IS
RAMPANT IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN
COMMUNITY AND NOT VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN?
YOU MEAN TO TELL ME THE
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. SUPPORTED BY
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, CORY BOOKER,
TIM SCOTT, RON JOHNSON, SIGNED
INTO LAW THAT CONTINUES TO
PROVIDE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS
MORE RESOURCES.
WAIT A SECOND.
I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE -- NO,
IT’S NOT BIDEN.
IT’S DONALD TRUMP WHO I HAVE
ALREADY PREDICTED WOULD NOT
RECEIVE 8% OF THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN VOTE BUT 50% INCREASE,
AT LEAST 12%.
AND THE REASON WHY IS THE MORE
WE FOCUS ON HIS RECORD, IT
BECOMES MORE AND MORE UNDENIABLE
THAT IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR
PROOF IN THE PUDDING AND NOT
RHETORIC THAT IS CONSISTENT COND
YOU GO WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND
NOT WITH VICE PRESIDENT JOE,
JOHN, BEAU BIDEN.
I MEAN, YOU JUST DON’T DO IT.
YOU GO WITH THE GUY WHO IS
PRODUCING RESULTS AND FRANKLY, I
AM JUST AMAZED THAT THE LAST
DECADE DEMOCRATS HAVE HAD AN
ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY THAT THEY
ARE ENTITLED TO THE BLACK VOTE
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID, AND HE
SAID IT WELL, THERE’S NOTHING TO
LOSE BY GIVING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY A SECOND LOOK.
IT’S LIKE CORN FLAKES.
TASTE THEM AGAIN FOR THE FIRST
TIME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> PRESIDENT TRUMP, OUR
PRESIDENT.
PETE: YOU LAY OUT A DEVASTATING
CASE, WELL-SAID.
I WANT TO -- JOE BIDEN WENT ON
TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
HERE’S A PORTION OF IT.
>> 2016’S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
WHAT YOU HAD THEN IS YOU HAD
SOMEBODY WHO DIDN’T -- THEY
DIDN’T KNOW IT ALL.
THEY WANTED TO JUST CHANGE THE
SYSTEM, THE WAY IT WAS.
HE WAS THE BIGGEST CHANGE.
RIGHT NOW, WE’RE IN A SITUATION
WHERE IT’S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT
SHOW GOES THROUGH TOWN ONCE AND
YOU FIND OUT THERE’S NO PEA
UNDER ANY OF THE SHELVES.
NEXT TIME IT COMES BACK, WHAT DO
YOU DO.
YOU AIN’T PLAYING.
YOU’VE GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.
PETE: PEOPLE WANTED A CHANGE IN
2016 FROM THE OBAMA-BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
>> YES.
AND THEY GOT I HERE’S THE THING.
NO ONE CAN BLAME ANYONE FOR A
GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT TYPE OF
LEADERSHIP DID PRESIDENT TRUMP
PROVIDE FOR THE COMMUNITIES AT
RISK COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING TO
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION OR
ANY ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP PROVIDED
WAS SIMPLY THE LOWEST
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE HISTORY
OF THIS COUNTRY, FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS.
FOR HISPANICS.
50-YEAR LOW FOR OUR NATION.
70-YEAR LOW FOR WOMEN.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THAN JUST THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, WE HAD AN
INCREASE IN THE LABOR FORCE
PARTICIPATION WITHIN THE AFRICAN
AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
OUT OF THE 7 MILLION JOBS THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP CREATED DURING
HIS ADMINISTRATION, TWO-THIRDS
WENT TO BLACK FOLKS, BROWN FOLKS
AND WOMEN.
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT HAS HE
DONE FOR ME LATELY, OR WENDY’S
WHERE’S THE BEEF.
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN
ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY
UNEQUIVOCALLY WIN.
THIS SHOULD BE AN EASY ONE.
IF WE HAVE A DEBATE ON THE
ISSUES, BLESS HIS HEART.
JOE BIDEN.
GRIFF: LET’S TALK QUICKLY ABOUT
THINGS YOU’RE TRYING TO DO, THE
SENATE, YOU’RE LOOKING TO
RELEASE A BILL, A MEASURE
OFFERING A SKILLS TRAINING
CREDIT WORTH $4,000 TO WORKERS
DISPLACED BY THE CORONAVIRUS.
WHAT IS IT?
>> WELL, HERE’S WHAT WE’RE
SEEING IN THE CORONAVIRUS.
MANY JOBS MAY NEVER COME BACK.
WHEN YOU HEAR TWITTER SAY ALL
EMPLOYEES STAY AT HOME, FACEBOOK
SAYS OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS
HALF OF THE EMPLOYEES WILL STAY
AT HOME.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY BROADBAND
IS SO IMPORTANT, I THANK THE
PRESIDENT FOR FOCUSING ON
THAT ISSUE.
THE OTHER THING IS HOW DO WE
HELP THE FOLKS WHO ARE
UNEMPLOYED GET THE RETRAINING
NECESSARY FOR THE GIG ECONOMY,
HOW DO WE HELP THEM BRIDGE THE
DIGITAL DIVIDE.
WE DO THAT THROUGH A TAX CREDIT
THAT SAYS IF YOU WILL GO TO A
TRAINING PROGRAM TO HELP YOU BE
ABLE TO DESIGN WEB DEVELOPMENT,
TO WORK ON DIGITAL
OPPORTUNITIES, THAT’S THE PLACE
TO GO.
PETE: SENATOR TIM SCOTT, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON
THIS SATURDAY MORNING.