Scott, who is the nation s lone Black Republican senator, touched on the national conversation around systemic racism while giving the GOP s rebuttal to Biden s speech before Congress on Wednesday night. America is not a racist country, the junior senator from South Carolina said, adding that he is an African American who has voted in the South his whole life. It’s wrong to try to use our painful past to try to dishonestly shut down debates in the present.
In an excerpt from an exclusive interview with TODAY s Craig Melvin that appeared on NBC Nightly News Thursday, Biden was asked if America is a racist country.
Motorists evacuate Granby as the East Troublesome fire burns nearby Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.
Congressional leaders agree the western United States is at dire risk of destructive wildfires but continue to spar over who or what is to blame for their increased threat.
The gap was evident during a hearing Thursday by the U.S. House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, chaired by Democratic Colorado Rep. Joe Neguse. In his new role, Neguse has emphasized the need to improve response to wildfires, particularly on preventing massive ones from growing and ravaging states.
Democrats said the effect of climate change fueling bigger, less predictable wildfires should not be overlooked. Republicans said it is the federal approach to fire prevention over the last few decades that has crowded forests with dense, overgrown trees.
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