“There are only two black Democratic Senators, stop pretending there’s some huge racial diversity gap in the Senate. Ask my Dem colleagues what their staffs look like … I guarantee you won’t like the answer,” he tweeted.
Former Sen. Mo Cowan, who was the first African American Democrat to represent Massachusetts in the Senate, took to Twitter to acknowledge Scott’s “lived experience.”
“I trust him to lead on this — and build coalitions to drive real change,” tweeted Cowan, who briefly served with Scott in 2013 after being appointed to replace Sen. John Kerry.
In a July 2016 floor speech, Scott described some of the racism he’s experienced at the hands of law enforcement, recalling how he had repeatedly been pulled over “for nothing more than driving a new car in the wrong neighborhood, or some reason just as trivial.”
Over 13 percent of the U.S. population is black or African American, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, but Scott, and Democratic Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Kamala Harris of California are the only black members in the Senate. Only 10 African Americans have ever served in the U.S. Senate to date.
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