Texas Democrats Turn Down Resignation of Chair Who Called Sen. Tim Scott a Racial Slur

In 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 in Washington, on April 28, 2021. Senate Television via AP

A Democrat state official in Texas offered to resign over a racial slur he used a racial slur to describe Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), one of a handful of black U.S. senators, but Democrats in the state rejected the offer.

Representatives of the Lamar County, Texas Democratic Party met to consider the resignation of Gary O'Connor, the party chair, the party said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times.