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Up next, Rob Smith is problematic. Our beginning was 316th.

America is not a racist country. This should not be controversial to say, and no, I'm not taking

it back. This is Rob Smith's problem.

So last week, President Biden gave his first address to the nation. And of course, it totally

flopped because nobody's talking about it. Nobody cares. Biden is boring, he's

dotting. It's just, it's something that nobody cares about. What everyone was talking about

after Biden's address was Tim Scott's GOP rebuttal to that address. And before we get into that,

obviously, the most, quote unquote, controversial thing that he said was that America is not a racist

country. And that is something that can only be controversial in America in 2021 because America

in 2021 is clown world. But before I even get into that, I want to talk to you a little bit about

Tim Scott, why I believe that he's such a great man, a great Republican, and also the future of

the party. I was lucky enough, I believe it was right before the pandemic to be invited by the

Senator to be on a panel that is a Black History Month panel. And it was about literally coming

together to find solutions for the African American community. There were people from the right

and left was there. I was there with Van Jones of all people, Charlemagne the God, and you know,

a couple other people. It was a very good conversation. It was very respectful. It's the kind of

respectful conversation that you don't see a lot among African Americans that had two differing

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