Concern trolling meets the race card.

Via Politico:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that it’s “obvious” that some Republicans are continuing to do “everything they can” to ensure President Barack Obama’s legislative priorities fail and said he hopes the GOP opposition isn’t based on the president’s race.

On issues like tweaking Obamacare during its implementation and passing the president’s priorities, Reid said on Nevada’s NPR affiliate that he’s still seeing the same Republican obstructionism that he saw in the run-up to the 2012 presidential election.

“I hope that’s based on substance and not the fact that he’s an African-American,” Reid added.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) subsequently called on Reid to apologize for his comments. Scott, the only African-American in the Senate, said the Democrat leader was “playing to the lowest common denominator” and that Democrats are “trying to hide behind a smokescreen” and avoid talking about the president’s “failed policies.”

“I hope Senator Reid will realize the offensive nature of his remarks and apologize to those who disagree with the President’s policies because of one thing – they are hurting hardworking American families,” Scott said.