Folks, welcome to Democracy-ish. I am your solo host today, Danielle Moody.

Waj is on a break, a much-needed break, but I am very excited to be joined today by Rottimi Adioia,

who is a Daily Beast opinion columnist.

So shout out to the Daily Beast because myself, Wage, you, the Daily Beast, employees, good people.

And is also the lead comms advisor

for the ACLU's Voting Rights Project.

Ro, Timmy, you have written a couple of pieces

that have stood out to me.

And Wash and I have talked on this show.

First, let's jump into the kind of clown car of folks that are running for the Republican nomination behind the twice impeached, twice indicted, you know, found guilty on defamation,

former president of the United States.

You wrote a piece on Tim Scott, who, let me just tell you, I have so many opinions and thoughts about Tim Scott, namely the faceless black man

that is his emblem for his campaign,

is his avatar for his campaign.

But in your piece that I want to tell folks

the title of,

Tim Scott's vision for America isn't for black people. In your piece,

you know, you talk about and I think it was good to say, look, Senator Tim Scott did come

from very humble beginnings. His story is in fact one to be admired, But the way that he has decided to use his power,

to use his station as a as a senator has been anything but helpful or uplifting or encouraging for black people. So talk to talk to us about

that, about that part, being as how, you know, Tim Scott is, you know, one of several, quote-unquote

racial minorities in the Republican Party that are running for president in

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