South Carolina Republican Senator Tim Scott officially joined the 2024 race for the White House. Read to know more.
Tim Scott enters the 2024 presidential race
South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially entered the presidential race after filing his paperwork on Friday. “American families are starving for hope. We need to have faith. Faith in God, faith in each other, and faith in America,” he tweeted on Thursday. Additionally, he is expected to mank an announcement on Monday in North Charleston, his hometown. According to CNN, he is likely to name Jennifer DeCasper, his long-time aide and former chief of staff as his campaign manager. If so, DeCasper is going to be the first black woman to lead the presidential campaign for the Republicans.
Scott began his exploratory committee in April, highlighting his evangelical faith, race, and experience of growing up as the child of a single mother. Currently, Scott is the lone Black Republican in the US Senate. He is trying to become the second black president following Barak Obama’s history in 2008. With his announcement, he joins the growing group of primaries taking on President Biden. Others on the list are Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Larry Elder, and Asa Hutchinson. Another Republican, Gov Ron DeSantis is expected to join the race soon.
More on the road to the official announcement
Tim Scott has been hinting at joining the race to the White House for the past few months. In February, he focused on “faith in America” in a listening tour. He also started frequently visiting early-voting states such as South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire. He spent more than a decade, serving on the Charleston County Council and a term in the South Carolina State House. In 2010 he got a Charleston-area US House seat before moving to the Senate in 2013 after Haley, the ten South Carolina Governor appointed him to succeed GOP Sen. Jim DeMint.