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Scoop: Tim Scott raises presidential buzz with super PAC hires
Axios ^ | 2.10.23 | Josh Kraushaar

Posted on 02/10/2023 2:16:50 PM PST by conservative98

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has hired former Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner and longtime Republican operative Rob Collins to co-chair a super PAC (Opportunity Matters Fund Action) supporting the senator's political efforts.

Scott's decision to tap two politically-savvy Republicans — a former senator who chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a former executive director of the NRSC — is a sign that he's moving closer to launching a 2024 presidential campaign.

If Scott announced a presidential bid, the super PAC would be the center of his political operation. The PAC has banked over $17 million, according to a source familiar with its finances. Scott gave over $21 million to Republican candidates in the last election cycle.

Scott, the only Black Republican senator, is traveling to South Carolina next Thursday to hold a listening tour and commemorate Black History Month — the day after former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is set to launch her own presidential campaign

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2024; clowncar; fakenews; goforittim; itsnowornever; jointheparade; timscott
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1 posted on 02/10/2023 2:16:50 PM PST by conservative98
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Tim Scott
@SenatorTimScott
Just a South Carolinian living his mama’s American Dream.

2 posted on 02/10/2023 2:17:06 PM PST by conservative98
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A RINO. I have no doubts some will push him because he’s black and “speaks well”...

Our country is f’d.


3 posted on 02/10/2023 2:23:09 PM PST by EEGator
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To: conservative98

He’s running for VP.


4 posted on 02/10/2023 2:24:54 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: conservative98

McConnells guy.


5 posted on 02/10/2023 2:25:01 PM PST by dforest (Joy Behar is a big mouth cow.)
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To: conservative98

Don’t waste your time, money or breath.


6 posted on 02/10/2023 2:30:17 PM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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Yawn...


7 posted on 02/10/2023 2:35:39 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: conservative98

Go for it, Tim!

It would be nice to have a real Christian candidate.


8 posted on 02/10/2023 2:37:15 PM PST by miserare ( Impeach Joe Biden!)
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To: conservative98

Another Lindsey Graham...just a darker shade.


9 posted on 02/10/2023 2:37:49 PM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: conservative98

No.


10 posted on 02/10/2023 2:43:01 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (Stupidly is a moral problem, not an intellectual problem. )
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To: conservative98

Something is in the water down there.


11 posted on 02/10/2023 2:45:31 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: conservative98

He is running for VP.


12 posted on 02/10/2023 2:46:52 PM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: conservative98

A fool and his money…


13 posted on 02/10/2023 2:53:49 PM PST by Yogafist (Voting rino is voting for the managed decline of America.)
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To: conservative98

Another Michael Steele.


14 posted on 02/10/2023 2:55:34 PM PST by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Roberor thert Heinlein)
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To: conservative98

Uh, no.


15 posted on 02/10/2023 3:01:40 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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no


16 posted on 02/10/2023 3:14:43 PM PST by Irenic
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Tim Scott. Yet another reason I’d love to see DC nuked into oblivion.


17 posted on 02/10/2023 3:15:33 PM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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They want him on the debate stage to accuse Trump of being racist.


18 posted on 02/10/2023 3:16:13 PM PST by McCarthysGhost (q)
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To: mrmeyer
Another Michael Steele.

Scott actually wins at the state level.
19 posted on 02/10/2023 3:19:48 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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He’s better than any Dem candidate, and much can happen in the next year. Having a number of qualified candidates helps, and it can take a couple election cycles for people to get ready for a serious run. Let him go for it and see what happens.


20 posted on 02/10/2023 3:22:50 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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