Sen. Tim Scott is the junior senator from South Carolina and a rising star in the GOP.
. "When minorities refuse to be victims, disagree with liberal talking points, and think for ourselves, the media shames us and questions our credibility. It’s why we must fight harder for conservative values that lift us all up."As governor, Haley appointed Scott to the Senate in 2013 when former Sen. Jim DeMint stepped down to run the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
The appointment made Scott the first Black senator to represent a Southern state since the Reconstruction era following the Civil War.3. Scott was raised by a single mom."To every kid growing up in poverty wondering if fitting in means dumbing down, the answer is no," Scott told in a profile of the senator and his mother."To every single mom who struggles to make ends meet, who wonders if her efforts are in vain, they are not.
U.S. Sen. Tim Scott poses before a meeting with Seventh Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President's Trump's pick for the Supreme Court, in the Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2020 in Washington, DC. Political pundits have been tossing around the idea of a 2024 Republican presidential run by Scott, 55. last year."Incredible story of hope and perseverance. He'd make an amazing POTUS one day.
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