The Encore: Tim Scott, the Oldest Performance in American Politics
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Wednesday night in Dallas, at the GOP's "Trump-a-Palooza" midterm convention, Senator Tim Scott screamed his way through a speech that split the room exactly the way it was built to — a standing ovation from delegates, "meltdown" from liberal commentators, "proof of bigotry" from conservative ones. Almost nobody named what was actually happening: a performance this country has been watching in one form or another since before the Civil War.
Don and Daysha break down what Scott actually said — the unsubstantiated "panders with terrorists" charge against a Muslim opponent, the…
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