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Tim Scott Launches Exploratory Committee to Chart Path to 2024 GOP Nomination

A poll gives Scott only 7% support in his home state of South Carolina.

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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, of South Carolina, has announced the launch of his presidential exploratory committee in a video posted to social media.

In the video, Scott compared the current state of politics to that of the civil war, where America is “once again being tested,” with “Joe Biden and the radical left [having] chose a culture of grievance over greatness. Democrats are “indoctrinating our children to believe we live in an evil country” and “weaponis[ing] race to divide us,” according to Scott.

Scott declared that if he were to enter the 2024 presidential race, he would defend the “Judeo-Christian” foundation of America, “stand up to communist China,” fight for parental choices in education, “defend our borders,” and protect “the right to life itself.”

On his website, Scott further railed against leftist educational programs, such as CRT and inappropriate sexual education, and the need for police to actually send criminals to prison, rather than be defunded and leave citizens “scared to leave the house.”

However, Scott has received serious criticism from many Republicans, including Revolver News’ Darren Beattie, who argued that Scott, instead of being an ally to police and standing up against anti-white CRT, he “enabled the Democratic Party’s pro-crime, anti-police push of 2020” and “gave into the systemic racism hoax instead of standing up to it.”

One example Beattie gave in a 2021 article that was reposted following his announcement, Scott suggested that the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha was unjustified, despite that Blake was wielding a knife at the time, and officers believed they were stopping a kidnapping.

Other conservatives were quick to highlight Scott’s pattern when it comes to supporting American intervention in foreign wars, with Scott even claiming that despite spending billions of dollars on the conflict, the Biden administration had provided “too little support” to the embattled nation.

Scott will also likely face tough challenges from those who also don’t want to see President Trump, the current front-runner, become the official 2024 presidential challenger, including fellow South Carolina politician Nikki Haley.

In a new poll that was released on the same day as Scott’s announcement, the South Carolina Senator only received 7% of support from residents in the state, trailing behind Haley’s 18%, to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s 20%. Trump maintained a secure lead, with 41% support in the state.

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Jack Hadfield
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Jack Hadfield is the Associate Editor at Valiant News. An investigative reporter from the UK, and the director and presenter of "Destination Dover: Migrants in the Channel, his work has appeared in such sites as Breitbart and The Political Insider. You can follow him on Gab @JH, on Telegram @JackHadders, or see his other social media by visiting jackhadfield.co.uk.

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