WASHINGTON (AP) – GOP Sen. Tim Scott, one of just two black members of the U.S. Senate and the only black Republican, said Wednesday he has been repeatedly pulled over by law enforcement and was once even stopped by a Capitol Police officer who apparently did not believe he was a senator.
“I have felt the anger, the frustration, the sadness and the humiliation that comes with feeling like you’re being targeted for nothing more than just being yourself,” Scott said in a powerful floor speech reflecting upon the killings of police and by police that have shaken the nation.
He implored colleagues to “recognize that just because you do not feel the pain, the anguish of another … does not mean it does not exist.”
Scott’s remarks Wednesday came in one of three floor speeches he is delivering about policing and race in America. On Thursday he planned to address policies and solutions.
On Wednesday, he spoke in deeply personal terms about his own experiences as a black man, and elected official, in America.