Tim Scott says discussions about race with Trump were ‘painful’

Senator Tim Scott said that talking about race with President Donald Trump was ‘painful’ and ‘uncomfortable’.

The Republican lawmaker from South Carolina appeared on CNN’s The Van Jones Show saying that the conversation was important to have but the two differed in viewpoints.

‘They’re hard, they’re painful, they’re uncomfortable to sit in the Oval Office and have a conversation with the president about things that you strongly disagree about,’ Scott said. 

‘He didn’t change his perspective, I certainly can’t change my perspective.’

GOP Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina said that talking about race with President Donald Trump was ‘painful’ and ‘uncomfortable’. Pictured: Scott, left, and Trump right, in February 2018

Scott (pictured, November 2017) said the way the conversations ended gave him ‘reasons to be hopeful’

Back in April, Scott appeared on CNN and told Don Lemon in an interview that he doesn’t believe Trump (pictured, June 2018) is racist but that he can be ‘racially insensitive’ without question’.

However, he said the way the conversations ended gave him ‘reasons to be hopeful’. 

‘It closed with: “Tim I don’t see what you see. What can I do to make things better”,’ Scott said. 

‘That was a shocking response. I was surprised after the conversation that his response was: “Help me see a better light”.’

Back in April, Scott appeared on CNN and told Don Lemon in an interview that he doesn’t believe Trump is racist but that he can be ‘racially insensitive’ without question’.

In the interview, which airs at 7pm on Sunday, Scott also said he wants to recommend his friend, Rep Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina) to be one of the candidates Trump considers for the Supreme Court.

‘I’m going to recommend Trey Gowdy be one of the folks that I would have a strong recommendation for him serving on the Supreme Court,’ Scott said.

‘I hope that the President will be open to that recommendation.’

The two Republicans recently co-authored a book titled ‘Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country.’ 

‘A guy who will call balls and strikes and not choose a side, even when he’s an elected member, at this time in our nation’s history that’s hard to find,’ Scott said.

‘I want someone who understands and appreciates where our country is today, not where it was 50 years ago.’

In the interview, which airs at 7pm on Sunday, Scott (pictured, January 2017) also said he wants to recommend his friend, Rep Trey Gowdy (R-South Carolina) to be one of the candidates Trump considers for the Supreme Court.

The two Republicans recently co-authored a book titled ‘Unified: How Our Unlikely Friendship Gives Us Hope for a Divided Country’. Pictured: Trey Gowdy, June 2018

‘A guy who will call balls and strikes and not choose a side, even when he’s an elected member, at this time in our nation’s history that’s hard to find,’ Scott said.

‘I want someone who understands and appreciates where our country is today, not where it was 50 years ago.’

Justice Anthony Kennedy announced on Wednesday that he will retire at the end of July after serving 30 years on the Supreme Court. 

Kennedy was a swing vote on the bench. Although he sided with his fellow conservatives most of the time, he sided with the liberal justices on social issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage.

Trump is now presented with the opportunity to name another conservative justice to the bench and reshape the court and the US legal landscape for years to come.  The nominee ultimately will have to be approved by the Senate. 

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