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“I am deeply and sincerely sorry,” Lamar County Democratic Party Chairman Gary O'Connor said. Published 15 hours ago Written by BET Staff South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the only Black Republician in the Senate, lit social media on fire when he said “America is not a racist country” during his rebuttal to President Biden’s first joint address to Congress on April 28. The statement was confusing, considering President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris nor any other sitting Democratic Senator has ever said America was a racist country.  While many people were blasting Scott’s ...

CBNNews.com TX County Democrats Won't Let Chairman Resign for Racist Attack on Sen. Tim Scott, Dems Called 'True Party of Racism' 05-05-2021 Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). (AP Photo) A Texas county Democrat Party official who called Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) an "oreo" on his Facebook page has offered to resign his position after receiving backlash for his "disgusting, hateful" comments from state leaders. But the Lamar County Democratic Party has reportedly decided not to accept his resignation. The National Review reports Lamar County Democratic Party Chairman Gary O'Connor apologized for his racist co...

Texas county Dems reject resignation of official who called Sen. Tim Scott 'Oreo' “After much discussion—especially among our local Black Democrats—we chose not to accept Mr. O’Connor’s resignation." By Adam Barnes | May 5, 2021 Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is seen as he participates in a photo op with President Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett prior to their meeting in the US Capitol on September 30, 2020, in Washington, DC.BONNIE CASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Story at a glance A Texas county Democratic Party has rejected ...

Called Senator Scott an 'oreo' with no principles.

Freshman Republican Congressman Pat Fallon today condemned the entirety of the Texas Democratic Party "for refusing to denounce racism," according to a press release from Fallon's office. Fallon introduced the resolution after the Lamar County Democratic Party rejected the resignation of party chair Gary O'Connor, who submitted the resignation after apologizing for using a racial slur against Sen. Tim Scott in a since-deleted April 30 Facebook post. The post was critical of Scott's rebuttal to President Joseph Biden's joint address of Congress. In it, O'Connor referred to Scott, a Black Repub...