Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” when asked about President Donald Trump Tweeting about the NFL protests and his Twitter back-and-forth with LaVar Ball over his son and two other UCLA basketball players being arrested and released in China, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said Trump was not targeting minorities.

Scott said, “The president is a good counterpuncher. He doesn’t seem to discriminate from my perspective. I think he attacks anyone he perceives or believes is attacking him or the country.”

Host Martha Raddatz asked, “You don’t think he’s singling out minorities?”

Scott responded, “I will tell you, from my perspective, the answer is no. There’s no doubt that if he were singling out minorities in the basketball situation, he singled them out in a positive way. The reality of it is, having the president of the United States step in to help you out when you’re in China, that is a powerful move that likely brought those fellas home without having to miss Thanksgiving with their family. The truth is, there could have been some really negative consequences to those young folks.”

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