Scott Campaign Press Release - Tim Scott on FOX News Sunday: "There's no higher compliment than to be attacked by President Obama"

"Whenever the Democrats feel threatened, they pull out, drag out the former President and have him make some negative comments about someone running, hoping that their numbers go down. Here is what people need to know, the truth of my life disproves the lies of the radical left." 

CHARLESTON, SC –  This morning, Tim Scott joined FOX News' Shannon Bream on FOX News Sunday to respond to former President Barack Obama's criticism of Tim's views on opportunity and race in America.

Watch the full interview here.

Tim Scott
FOX News Sunday
June 18, 2023

Tim Scott: There's no higher compliment than to be attacked by President Obama. Whenever the Democrats feel threatened, they pull out, drag out the former President and have him make some negative comments about someone running, hoping that their numbers go down. Here is what people need to know, the truth of my life disproves the lies of the radical left. You talk about addressing the issue of poverty, my opportunity zones have seen more than $50 billion go into the poorest, hardest hit communities in this country, the majority of them are minority. Think about the HBCU funding, that in his administration, he totally missed it. We took the funding for HBCUs to the highest level in the history of the country, and then Shannon, we made it permanent. And the radical left and the teacher's unions refuse to allow quality education in big blue cities. 

I support school of choice because I support common sense. The radical left and President Obama, they have failed, they have failed, and they have failed. We will make it happen under Scott, under my administration, we will make sure that kids have quality education in every single zip code. We will work on opportunity zones 2.0 to make sure that we bring more resources, more opportunities, and more jobs to the hardest hit areas, whether that's rural Iowa or inner city Chicago. There is a way for us to alleviate poverty, not by a race, but by the statistics themselves. That's what America stands for, and if anyone should be standing and shouting at the mountaintops that America is not a racist country, it should be the man that Americans supported twice for the nomination and becoming president, the evolution of a America is palpable, progress in this nation, undeniable.