Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) responded to criticism from MSNBC host Joy Reid following his decision to oppose confirming Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Scott said Thursday on 'FOX & Friends' that Reid's belief that a black man cannot think for himself reinforces the liberal belief that minorities have to be told what to do. "All accuracy here. Not surprised by anything @SenatorTimScott does. He let @LindseyGrahamSC & the sheriffs dog-walk him and destroy police reform after pretending to work on it and now he'll go along with Lindsey's barking-dog racism against Judge Jackson because: he's Tim Scott," <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1511373026713120768">Reid tweeted on Tuesday</a>. "What is so offensive about what Joy is saying is that a black man cannot think for himself," Sen. Scott responded. "I have to follow somebody else. That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. But it reinforces the liberal elites' approach to minorities who will not fall in line and do what they tell us to do." "There are millions of Americans who happen to be black, who want to think for themselves, who will think for themselves. But the power of the liberal elite wants to attack us like vicious dogs because they do not want anyone standing up opposed to what they are doing, leading our country in the wrong direction. It is vile, it is offensive, and we should stop allowing the liberal media to push these stories by their hosts that want one thing and one thing only: progressive liberal policies that make it harder for African-Americans, not easier. That's why President Biden's numbers in the black community and the Hispanic community are going down, down, down. Because we can see with our own eyes what the policies of the left are doing to us, not for us." <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lindsey said it himself: it's fine to be Black and have ambitions to rise in Lindsey's South Carolina, as long as you're conservative enough -- meaning as long as you do and think what Lindsey and his clan tell you to. <a href="https://t.co/OyGqMoYlfY">https://t.co/OyGqMoYlfY</a></p>— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid