Sen. Tim Scott accused Democratic Senate candidates of being “dangerous, radical and frankly weird” and said they “hate what it means to be American” during a speech Wednesday at the Republican midterm convention in Dallas.
Scott, of South Carolina, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, used his speech to attack Democratic candidates in several key Senate races, arguing that Republicans must keep their majority to advance President Donald Trump’s agenda.
“They hate our culture,” Scott said to cheers from the crowd. “They hate what it means to be American.”
Scott singled out candidates including James Talarico in Texas, Sen. Jon Ossoff in Georgia, Sherrod Brown in Ohio, Roy Cooper in North Carolina, Troy Jackson in Maine, Josh Turek in Iowa, Chris Pappas in New Hampshire, Mary Peltola in Alaska and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.
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His attacks focused heavily on cultural issues.
Scott went after Talarico over his views on gender and religion, saying the candidate “claims there are six genders” and “believes God is non-binary.” Talarico is running for Senate in a race Republicans have made a major target.
Scott accused Ossoff of supporting allowing boys to play girls’ sports and criticized El-Sayed over comments Scott attributed to him criticizing football, Fourth of July fireworks and Israel.
“But worst of all, Abdul El-Sayed panders with terrorists,” Scott said, without offering evidence.
Scott’s speech came as Republicans gathered in Dallas for the party’s first-ever midterm convention, a two-day event designed to rally support for GOP candidates ahead of the November elections.
Scott closed by urging Republicans to unite behind Trump and defend the GOP’s Senate majority.
“This is a battle for the heart of our nation,” Scott said. “We will not back down. We will not grow weary.”
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