In a March 27 interview on MSNBC, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott addressed social media posts characterizing him, a Black
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks during a vigil near the scene where a container ship collided with a support on the Francis Scott Key Bridge, at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Dundalk, Md., March 26, 2024. In an MSNBC interview, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott addressed posts on social media following the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse that called him, a Black man, a"DEI mayor."
About a minute later, Scott, 39, who is running for reelection in 2024, joined the show. Scott said he views the use of the term"DEI" in that context as a stand-in for a racial slur. "I will allow you, Mayor Scott, if you so choose to do so, to respond to the tomfoolery and attacks on you for having the nerve to be Black and also a mayor.
The Libs of TikTok account posted the last 17 seconds of Scott’s one-minute comments and quoted only his last sentence.on CBS News’"Face the Nation" when asked by host Ed O’Keefe what he makes of"conservative critics" blaming the bridge collapse on DEI."Listen, I am a young Black man, a young Black mayor in this country. We know that there are a lot of racists and folks who don't think I should be in this job. I know that. I have been Black my whole life.
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