Being that it’s Martin Luther King Jr. day, there are tributes to the civil rights leader all over social media, but this tweetstorm from Senator Tim Scott is easily one of the best if not THE best that we’ve seen:

Dr. King – I was just two years old when you were tragically killed in April 1968. You were born in the same decade as my grandfather, another black man born in the Jim Crow South. #ThankYouMLK50 — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

But even though you were stolen from this world too young, your legacy endures. The change we have seen since you and my grandfather were born in the 1920s, not just in the South but across the country, has been massive. #ThankYouMLK50 — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

There are obvious ways, such as the end of Jim Crow laws and the Civil Rights Act, but also ways we perhaps do not think about…ways your legacy has endured, even through tragedy. #ThankYouMLK50 — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

When nine parishioners were killed at Mother Emanuel in 2015, the killer sought a race war. Perhaps at some point in our nation’s history, his plan would have worked. But not now. We are stronger from your teachings, more unified by your passion, & fortified by your words. — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” The Charleston shooter failed, and as the families of those killed stood with such grace and righteousness, your legacy shone as bright as ever. #ThankYouMLK50 — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

So while we certainly still have much work to do, we continue to step forward. Sometimes imperceptibly so, sometimes in a leap, but forward nonetheless. #ThankYouMLK50 — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

#ThankYouMLK50, for your passion, your strength, your unending quest for justice, your blood, sweat and tears, your ultimate sacrifice, and for being someone who truly left the world a better place than when they entered it. — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

While we honor you today, your memory is imprinted on the fabric of our nation every single day. For every child of color who dreams of a brighter future and every American who works to strengthen our foundations, #ThankYouMLK50 — Tim Scott (@SenatorTimScott) January 15, 2018

Exceptional tweets from Sen. Tim Scott. Period the end.

This editor may, in fact, have needed a tissue or five after reading it.

I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of you, Senator. These are amazing words. Thank you. — Heather (@704heather) January 15, 2018

Sadly, plenty of ugly and stupid from the Left popped up to attack the senator … because they’re ugly and stupid.

Sorry, them’s the breaks.

I would hope you would have denounced the racist statements made my our racist-in-chief. Perhaps in your heart, you are also a racist of a different kind. We are in SC, racism still seems to be a popular thing. #resignTimScott — Barry Bulat (@BarryBulat) January 15, 2018

The white guy is telling the black guy he’s a racist of a different kind.

K.

Yet you don't speak out against trump. Mlk jr would be ASHAMED of you. — Rewriting the story (@Life_rewritten) January 15, 2018

Someone, please tell the queen of the troglodytes to stifle, thanks.

You want to honor MLK then quit the Republican Party. — d. jons (@dpjonestown) January 15, 2018

Except MLK was a Republican, chief.

MLK was a great man, wish I could have say the same about you — Will Moorer (@MoorerWill) January 15, 2018

How these people can stand to look at themselves in the mirror is beyond us.

…And now you support a racist… — Shawn Williams (@ShawnsBlog1673) January 15, 2018

And you joined a party that's doing its best to suppress the vote of black of black folk.Whose AG want to incarcerate more black folk,whose leader,with no sense of history,speaks of shithole https://t.co/s0ht2E7c99 sir are part of the problem. — garth white???? (@higla1) January 15, 2018

Sen. Scott isn’t a Democrat, this guy must be confused.

Full transparency, when this editor started to write this article, the focus was specifically on how kickass Scott’s tribute was, but as the writing progressed the Left made it obvious they were the sad angle worth covering here. Perhaps a little shaming will wake them up? No? Hey, had to try.

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