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A video of liberal comedian Chelsea Handler saying that 50 Cent “can't vote” for former President Donald Trump in 2020 because he's black prompted a sharp response from Sen. Tim Scott this week.
Sen. Scott (R-South Carolina) criticized Handler in a social media post on Friday, saying she should “tell other black people how to think.”
“Yes, by all means, white women, tell other black men what they should think,” Scott wrote.
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks as Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign rally at the Grappone Convention Center in Concord, New Hampshire on January 19, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The comedian made the comments about rapper 50 Cent, who she briefly dated in 2011, during a remote interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show in 2020.
“And I had to remind him that he couldn't vote for Donald Trump because he's black,” she told Fallon.
Comedian Chelsea Handler is interviewed by host Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Todd O'Young/NBC via Getty Images)
The comedian argued that rappers have a responsibility not to influence people to vote for Trump in 2020.
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“Just because he's concerned about his personal pocketbook shouldn't affect the large number of people who might listen to him,” she said.
CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 23: Republican presidential candidate Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina briefly tours the Woodlawn neighborhood with Pastor Corey Brooks before speaking at Brooks New Beginnings Church on October 23, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott spoke about the “weaponization of race by the radical left” during his address to the mostly African-American audience at the church. (Getty Images)
Scott has previously opposed the idea that black people should vote Democrat and recently criticized “The View” after the show mocked his leadership in winning black voters over to the Republican Party.
“Ladies from 'The View': Oh my goodness. Let me state this very clearly: There is no Democratic Party without the Black vote,” Scott told “Hannity.” “And since I was elected to Congress in 2010, there have been no Black Republicans before that. [in Congress]But since then, there have been seven.”
“President Trump's policies have led to a surge in Black Republican political candidates at the city level, county level, state level and in Congress,” Scott said.
“We're seeing black city council members and congressional representatives all across the country,” he said. “There's a wave of black legislators who are Republicans. But the black vote is following suit.”
The co-host of “The View” slammed Sen. Tim Scott's engagement on Wednesday, suggesting he got engaged in order to become President Donald Trump's vice president. (Screenshot/The View)
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin said Friday that Scott hasn't been a forceful advocate for black conservatives. Scott drew her ire last year when he rejected her views on systemic racism on the show.
“Speaking for African-American voters, if anybody thinks Tim Scott is going to bring in a lot of black men, they should go with that, because there's a reason Tim Scott is the only African-American senator in the Republican Party,” Hostin said.
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott (center) speaks during a campaign rally alongside former U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum (right) in Laconia, New Hampshire, U.S., Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Scott is one of several candidates former President Trump is reportedly considering as potential running mates for the 2024 election.
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Scott ran for the Republican nomination but dropped out before the Iowa caucuses and endorsed Trump.
Fox News' Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.