Photo by: APIn this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., delivers the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

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Photo by: APIn this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., delivers the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)By: The Associated Press & Scripps NationalPosted at 7:46 AM, Apr 29, 2021 and last updated 7:49 AM, Apr 29, 2021

WASHINGTON — In the Republicans’ official response to President Joe Biden’s maiden speech to Congress on Wednesday, Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, accused Democrats of tearing the country apart.

Scott, the only Black senator in the Republican ranks, suggested in his response that Democrats are wielding race as “a political weapon.”

“America is not a racist country,” Scott said. “…race is not a political weapon to settle every issue the way one side wants.”

He also said that while Biden has preached united among America’s two political parties, the president’s policies are “pulling us farther apart.”

“Our president seems like a good man. His speech was full of good words,” Scott said. “But President Biden promised you a specific kind of leadership. He promised to unite a nation. To lower the temperature. To govern for all Americans, no matter how we voted.”

READ MORE HERE: In GOP rebuttal to Biden’s address, Sen. Tim Scott accuses Dems of using race as a weapon (lex18.com)