Sen. Tim Scott . “Solutions to increase funding and training to make sure only the best wear the badge. Solutions that would have made a difference in places like Memphis & Kenosha.”
It’s striking that despite the apparent agreement that police departments across the country could benefit from higher standards, lawmakers couldn’t come up with even a modest compromise ― unlike the bipartisan negotiators who struck a deal on gun reform last year after high-profile mass shootings.
Some lawmakers make up for thin records of legislative accomplishment with rhetorical bombast, but not Scott, who avoids inflammatory statements and maintains a mild disposition, often declining to speak to reporters in the hallways of the Capitol.
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“I am not really into theatrics,” Scott said on the Senate floor in 2020 during a speech lamenting that Democrats didn’t support his police reform proposals. “I don’t run toward microphones.”
