(CNN) GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has seen an uptick in racist and profanity-laced voicemails at his office since becoming the lead Republican on police reform legislation, including from one person who called him "Uncle Tim," according to his staff and a CNN review of several of the messages. The caller who described Scott as "Uncle Tim" also said he was a "sellout" and "the lowest piece of sh*t this country ever produced." That caller also made unflattering remarks about South Carolina's other Republican senator, Lindsey Graham, and the two GOP senators from Florida, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott. "Most don't mention any legislation, but it's clear they're related to police reform," Smith said about the threatening messages to Scott. "The volume has increased greatly the past two weeks since it became known he was leading police reform efforts."

Source: CNN June 24, 2020 21:33 UTC