Posted on 02/13/2023 8:54:27 AM PST by Perseverando
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott is taking steps to run for president, people familiar with his plans said, adding to the stable of Republicans looking to wrest the party mantle from former President Donald Trump.
Mr. Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, is testing a message with GOP voters in key early states focused on unity and optimism as some Republicans say it is time to move on from the Trump era. Mr. Trump has announced a bid for president in the 2024 election.
Jennifer DeCasper, a Scott senior adviser, said he was “excited to share his vision of hope and opportunity and hear the American people’s response.”
What isn’t clear yet, some people close to Mr. Scott acknowledge, is whether the GOP base that enthusiastically embraced Mr. Trump is interested in that message.
While his voting record regularly ranks among the most conservative in the Senate, Mr. Scott has sought to position himself as a key GOP voice on some of the toughest issues facing America, whether it is police violence or creating more economic opportunities for minorities. Still, he is a relatively unknown quantity with average voters and in addition to competing with Mr. Trump will be challenged by several other candidates also seeking to take over the next generation of leadership.
Mr. Scott has selected former Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Rob Collins, a former head of the National Republican Senate Committee as co-chairs of a new super PAC. Axios earlier reported the move.
He is scheduled to speak Thursday in his home state at a county GOP dinner celebrating Black History Month—one day after a fellow South Carolina Republican, former Gov. Nikki Haley, announces her own bid—and later this month in Iowa. Iowa is the first state in
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I sometimes wonder how "conservative" some people here on this site really are. Lots don't sound too conservative, Patriotic, low taxes, pro-border wall, etc.
Everyone announcing wants to be a potential benefactor of expecting Trump to eat a foot so big that even he himself can't cough it up. I'd say the odds are good that one of them is going to inherit a windfall and personally I think it will be DeSantis.
I heard Mike Lindell talking about this with Steve Bannon last week and it really concerns me that DeSantis appears to be in tight with Dominion Voting Machines:
Mike Lindell Goes After Ron DeSantis for Aligning Himself with Dominion Attorney
A complete, total waste of time and money.
Tim Scott, the man who endorsed RINO Lisa Murkowski in her race against a bona-fide conservative lady in Alaska.
Thus, revealing himself to be just another Mitch McConnell puppet.
Thanks for the reminder. Murkowski is #48 of 49 with a score of 29% on The Conservative Review’s list of Republican Senators, listed by most conservative to list.
Here comes another 1% ‘er
SC kindly providing the two top obligatory token primary candidates to festoon the GOPe’s primary debate stages.
Is he severely conservative? Mitt was.
WHat isn’t mentioned is that Lindell first was Trump’s water boy trying to trump up a challenge to the validity of DeSantis’s re-election.
This was just part of DeSantis’s defense of a bogus accusation.
Is he a extreme conservative?
It's still early. Miss Lindsey may toss her bonnet in the ring for President, yet.
All these candidates just helps Trump. Unfortunately, unless Trump faces Biden again, I don’t think he can win. He will look old against Michelle or Newsome.
“I’m not totally familiar with his overall record so we’ll have to look into that more.”
Start with his “Justice Act”.
I do know he is too liberal for most people on Free Republic. So then wonder how conservative is he really?”
Very conservative
It’s about issues, not age. That’s why they cheat.
Please leave the fraud denial alone.
See post 23.
Very conservative
"Very Conservative" among US Senate Republicans comprised of a majority of RINOs.
77%, grade of "C" per Tim Scott’s Liberty Score
Y A W N
No, they'll each get 1%.
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