Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) slammed far-left commentator Elie Mystal on Friday after Mystal claimed this week that black Republicans existed solely because “the grift is good.”

Mystal made the remarks during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” with controversial host Joy Reid while discussing the latest left-wing hit piece to be published against conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Scott responded to the remarks during a Fox News interview on Friday with Trace Gallagher.

“Hear me clearly, they are shaking in their boots,” Scott said. “What you hear is fear. It’s palpable. Why? Because without the black vote, there is no Democrat Party. President Trump is not playing racial politics, but he is aware that America builds a better future together. He is aware that making sure that all Americans have a chance to live their version of the American dream, it’s good for our country.”

“So absolutely, the Left, they’re losing their minds because they’re losing their voters,” he continued. “It’s good news for our future, and it’s great news for right now. We must win because September and October, the Democrats are going to pull out all stops. They are going to do things including lying and cheating without any question.”

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“The coalition will stand the test of time because we have a record to run on,” he concluded. “It’s not promises of the future. It’s the fact that we brought more money to black colleges than any other president. It’s the fact that we cut taxes for a single parent by 70%. It’s good news. We have a record to run on, and it’s time that we did that.”

Kansas City Chiefs defensive end BJ Thompson, 25, is reportedly on the road to recovery after suffering a seizure and cardiac arrest during a team meeting this week.

The incident happened on Thursday when the former Stephen F. Austin State University standout was in a special teams meeting.

Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs’ vice president of sports medicine and performance, said during a press conference on Friday that the team had held a meeting earlier in the week on how players should respond to serious medical emergencies.

“He’s awake and he’s alert,” Burkholder said in updating reporters on Thompson’s condition in the hospital. “He’s headed in the absolute right direction.”

He said that when the incident happened, kicker Harrison Butker “immediately ran towards the training room and grabbed [assistant athletic trainers] Julie Frymyer and David Glover and then grabbed me, and we went into the room.”

“As a team, we tried to stabilize BJ and put him on the floor while he was still seizing,” he said. “Then he went into cardiac arrest. Our team of that group of people provided CPR for him. He had one AED shock and came back, so he was only in cardiac arrest for probably less than a minute, minute and a half.”

“Our players, our security staff — everybody involved, coaches and staff — they were phenomenal in handling the crisis,” he added.

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#Chiefs head trainer Rick Burkholder told reporters that Harrison Butker ran to the training room to get trainers after BJ Thompson suffered a seizure and went into cardiac arrest on Thursday.

Thompson was brought out of sedation this morning. He is alert, awake, and recovering… pic.twitter.com/cZ2wSbONHi

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) June 7, 2024

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid told reporters that it was a “tough situation,” but that Thompson was fortunate to have suffered the medical emergency where he did and not somewhere else.

“Thank goodness though, if it had to happen, no better place then right here where he had the support that knows what to do,” he said.