The top Black Republican presidential candidate is speaking out about the staggering amount of attention he feels his political opponents give to his relationship status as a form of discrimination.
Scott aired his thoughts to the Washington Post about how that status has been a target for opponents and GOP donors throughout his campaign.
“It’s like a different form of discrimination or bias,” the 2024 GOP presidential candidate told The Washington Post. “You can’t say I’m Black, because that would be terrible, so find something else that you can attack.”
Scott said other GOP candidates are shifting the spotlight to his relationship status because they might be trying to “sow seeds of doubt” about his campaign. A rumor mill spreading the possibility that he was “secretly gay” also made the rounds among GOP operatives, according to Axios.
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One source familiar with these sentiments told the Washington Post that New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker went through the same thing when he ran for president in 2020.
“Cory Booker went through the same thing running for president in 2020, and it seems to not have been a problem for him — but maybe that’s more normal for Democrats,” the source said.
When Booker ran for president, he famously was known for dating actress Rosario Dawson.
Scott has told both the Post and Axios that he’s in a relationship but prefers to keep the identity of his girlfriend private.
“The fact that half of America’s adult population is single for the first time, to suggest that somehow being married or not married is going to be the determining factor of whether you’re a good president or not — it sounds like we’re living in 1963 and not 2023,” Scott told Axios in May. “I probably have more time, more energy,…
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