“I believe the next American century can be better than the last.” -Sen. Tim Scott
[Faithwire.com] “Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime.” (Image: Sen. Tim Scott /AP Photo-Susan Walsh /via Faithwire)
Those were the words of Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who spoke during the opening night of the 2020 Republican National Convention.
The senator was referring to his grandfather, who would have turned 99 years old Tuesday. Growing up, Scott said, his granddad “had to cross the street if a white person was coming,” adding, “He suffered the indignity of being forced out of school as a third-grader to pick cotton and he never learned to read or write.”
“Yet,” Scott continued, “he lived long enough to see his grandson become the first African-American to be elected to both the United States House and the United States Senate in the history of this country. Our family went from cotton to Congress in one lifetime, and that’s why I believe the next American century can be better than the last”…
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