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About the same old things have not worked so far. for him to attack me, it's as if you have conservative principles, ideas that actually work. it hasn't taken those who are living in poverty out of it. as you walk-through the restaurants, drive the local bus, we find people strapped. stuck in poverty. >> they said that's the fault of the far right, and that's why they're going after you. and with the name calling that you're a dummy, you're a ventriloquist dummy, because you believe in the conservative position. >> i did almost -- i certainly understand why people would have some kind of opini...

This was said by that guy -- >> william barber. >> he said "of tim scott, a ventriloquist can always find a good dummy. the extreme right wing in south carolina finds a black guy to be senator and claims he's the first since reconstruction and then goes to washington and articulates the agenda of the tea party. calling tim scott a ventriloquist dummy. >> wow. >> it's incredible. how do you feel if you're senator tim scott? he fired back. let's take a listen. >> pretty remarkable and absolutely ridiculous. think about the fact that since the last 5 1/2 years we've seen 7 million more americans ...

Than him and have never set foot on a football field. so you can't really hold that against him. but not everybody thinks that way. not everybody knows that. and sometimes perception unfortunately is reality. i hate to say that. >> that's what i'm worried about. >> you're referring to the guys that are all drinking beer, rooting these guys to knock each other's heads off. right? >> yeah. >> and now they have a problem with how he responded, the fact that he was that passionate and his emotions took over. >> and they have a problem when certain people do it. jayson williams, the white one, they...

About the same old things have not worked so far. for him to attack me, it's as if you have conservative principles, ideas that actually work. it hasn't taken those who are living in poverty out of it. as you walk-through the restaurants, drive the local bus, we find people strapped. stuck in poverty. >> they said that's the fault of the far right, and that's why they're going after you. and with the name calling that you're a dummy, you're a ventriloquist dummy, because you believe in the conservative position. >> i did almost -- i certainly understand why people would have some kind of opini...

Well, the issue is not so much being conservative. the issue is the character of the policies and how they impact people. in our movement that we built, 16% of the people are republican but they don't agree with extremism and don't agree with policies that go after voting rights, the policies that undermine education and policies that undermine health care for all people. that's not about liberal. that's not about conservative. it's about what's right and what's wrong. it's about what's moral and immoral. constitutional or unconstitutional. sure, there is to be a broadness of thought. but our ...