Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is poised to announce his 2024 Republican White House campaign with an optimistic message that has been compared to that of President Ronald Reagan.
But as this cycle's Republican primary starts to crystallize, GOP voters will have to decide whether they want a statesman nominee or a bare-knuckled brawler, such as former President Donald Trump or Gov. Ron DeSantis , who can jab at President Joe Biden and liberals at large.The words"Biden,""woke," and"fighter" will dominate this Republican primary as they did during the last two elections, according to GOP strategist Douglas Heye.
Former Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson is a declared Republican primary candidate seeking a similar political lane to Scott but who has become more critical of Trump, especially since the onetime president was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in March for covering up hush money payments before the 2016 election. Hutchinson is confident the country is open to"new leadership."
But Scott, whose lack of national name recognition notches him an average of 2% support in early primary polls, embarks on his bid in his hometown of North Charleston on Monday behind Trump's 56% and DeSantis's 20%, according to RealClearPolitics. Hutchinson has 1% support, behind former Vice President Mike Pence's 6%, onetime U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina GOP Gov. Nikki Haley's 5%, multimillionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's 3.
Scott's announcement Monday, preceded by a $6 million broadcast TV, cable, satellite, and radio advertisement buy in early primary states Iowa and New Hampshire, coincides with DeSantis's own plans to enter the Republican nomination race. The governor is expected to file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission and hold a launch event in Florida within the coming weeks.
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