Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott raised eyebrows on Wednesday for comments he made responding to online critics who called him a “DEI mayor” in the wake of the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse.
“It's not fashionable to be openly racist anymore in America unlike what they call the good old days,” said host Joy Reid during her interview with Scott. “So referring to a black mayor as DEI mayor gets the point across, right. So, fellow, why don't you just say what you mean? You can't stand black people. We get it. You've been heard...
“Joining me now is Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott,” she continued. “I will allow you Mayor Scott if you choose to do so to respond to the tomfoolery in attacks on you for having the nerve to be black and also a mayor.”
“I know, and we know, and you know very well that black men, and young black men in particular, have been the bogeyman for those who are racist and think that only straight, wealthy white men should have a say in anything,” Scott said.
“We’ve been the bogeyman for them since the first day they brought us to this country, and what they mean by DEI in my opinion is duly elected incumbent,” he added. “We know what they want to say, but they don’t have the courage to say the N-word, and the fact that I don’t believe in their untruthful and wrong ideology. And I am very proud of my heritage and who I am and where I come from, scares them, because me being at my position means that their way of thinking, their way of life of being comfortable while everyone else suffers is going to be at risk, and they should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life..."
Nothing to see here… just the Mayor of Baltimore threatening White people.
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 28, 2024
“They should be afraid because that’s my purpose in life.”pic.twitter.com/ZstJ7jfBEk
