U.S. Sen. Tim Scott used his personal experiences and unique distinction as the only black Republican serving in the Senate to deliver some zingers at the Washington Press Club Congressional Dinner.
Scott jokingly told the room full of reporters, members of Congress and lobbyists in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel ballroom that, as the highest ranking African-American Republican, his title is HBIC – “Head Brother in Charge.”
.@SenatorTimScott on fire at #WPCFDinner
— Tom LoBianco (@tomlobianco) March 2, 2017
Sen. Tim Scott tells charity dinner audience his title is ‘Head Brother in Charge’ https://t.co/gh7nqmHQyh via @postandcourier
— Jesse_B (@JtotheTtotheB) March 2, 2017
The South Carolina senator was the featured Republican speaker at the 73rd annual charity event which last year featured fellow South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham.
One of Scott’s most memorable lines was about the media firestorm over White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway’s photo on the couch in the Oval Office.
Best Tim Scott lines: “Everyone’s upset about @KellyannePolls heels on the couch. Yall remember Bill Clinton? Much worse done on that couch”
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 2, 2017
“Thinking about fake news, has anyone seen the controversy about Kellyanne Conway and a couch in the Oval Office?” Scott asked. “Come on people! You remember the ‘90s. That couch has had a whole lot worse things, come on now!”
Scott jokes that controversy over Kellyanne Conway putting feet on Oval Office couch is overblown, speculating couch saw worse in the 90s pic.twitter.com/Iy2BdTh07h
— Alex Bolton (@alexanderbolton) March 2, 2017
. @SenatorTimScott on the Kellyanne Conway photo: “Remember the 90s? That couch has had a lot worse things happen on it.” #WPCFDinner
— Lauren Boyer (@laurenboyer) March 2, 2017
Kellyanne Conway referred to the so-called sofa-gate scandal, claiming the faux outrage was provoked by a disgruntled journalist who didn’t like Trump. But, Scott wasn’t there to dwell on one topic.
The senator has faced his share of discrimination, emotionally sharing last month how he was targeted with racial attacks after he announced his support for then-Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions. But Scott used his experiences as fuel for his humor at the dinner Wednesday.
Sen Tim Scott laments being told he’s not black enough. “Have you seen @CoryBooker?” pic.twitter.com/9az8H1a91N
— Herb Jackson (@HerbNJDC) March 2, 2017
“A black Republican is like a unicorn…people don’t believe we actually exist,” he joked.
.@SenatorTimScott: ‘A black Republican is like a unicorn’ and other jokes #WPCFDinner @VeraMBergen :https://t.co/w5jtp5KC3i
— David Lightman (@LightmanDavid) March 2, 2017
“Now I know that this is not an occasion to discuss issues. I know that,” he said. “But with all that’s been going on between the minority communities and law enforcement, I just got to say – I love the police. And I tell that to the officer each and every time he pulls me over and asks me is this my car!”
@SenatorTimScott killing it at #WPCFDinner! pic.twitter.com/BBFLeFHPlj
— Doug Heye (@DougHeye) March 2, 2017
Scott covered many topics, from the media to Hollywood.
Sen. Tim Scott: “On behalf of the Republicans in the room – we love the press!” #WPCFDinner pic.twitter.com/V8qYbnDQuC
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) March 2, 2017
@SenatorTimScott: “every time a politician shouts fake news, does Brian Williams get a royalty?” Lovin’ #WPCFDinner pic.twitter.com/L8LZUdt0lY
— Bradley Akubuiro (@BNAkubuiro) March 2, 2017
He even poked fun at his friend, South Carolna Rep. Trey Gowdy.
.@SenatorTimScott pokes fun at friend @TGowdySC‘s hair at #WPCFDinner pic.twitter.com/KPQ5P95J2O
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) March 2, 2017
“He has taught us that you can wear a black suit and white socks and call it fashionable. And no matter your hair, you can have a part-time job on Fox News even as a member of Congress,” Scott said.
After entertaining the room, Scott ended his talk with one more joke, aimed at the president.
“I hate to speak and run,” he said, “but I finally got an invite to the White House, and as you can imagine in the last administration I never got invited to the White House, and tonight is movie night, and I heard we’re watching the president’s favorite – from Russia with love.”
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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.
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