The Rev. Al Sharpton called Sen. Tim Scott’s comments during former President Donald Trump’s speech after winning the New Hampshire primary “humiliating.”
“There are few moments in my life I have been more embarrassed than to watch Tim Scott,” Mr. Sharpton said on MSNBC Wednesday. “I know Tim and I are both practicing Christians but I don’t know if he could pray like that to the other side.”
He said it was “humiliating to watch what Tim Scott did as a sitting senator.”
During the former president’s victory speech in New Hampshire after beating fellow GOP candidate Nikki Haley in the primary by roughly 11 points, Mr. Trump mentioned the recent endorsement he received from the South Carolina Republican.
“Did you ever think that she actually appointed you, Tim?” Mr. Trump said, referring to Ms. Haley’s tenure as governor. “And you’re the senator of her state. You must really hate her.”
Mr. Scott was standing behind the former president when he said it. He stepped up to the mic and told Mr. Trump, “I just love you.”
Mr. Sharpton said the comment “bothered me all night.”
“It’s not a good day in my life to watch Tim do that,” he said. “To think that we fought to see people like him, Black, become high elected in the South and to do — he has a right to be a Republican, he has the right to do Donald Trump, but to do it in such a way that is so humiliating was troubling.”
The Washington Times has reached out to Mr. Scott’s office for comment.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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