Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News on Nov. 8. Just 4 days later, Scott announced he is suspending his bid for the White House in an interview on Fox News.
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is ending his bid for the presidential nomination on the GOP ticket. He announced his move on the Fox News program, “Sunday Night in America,” surprising host Trey Gowdy, who was not expecting it.
Scott announced his run in May and his candidacy centered on his Christian faith and experience as a Black man growing up with a single mom in the South.
Scott’s candidacy also highlighted the lonesome position he took on more than a decade ago in GOP leadership: he is one of just three Black members of the Senate, and the only Republican.
Scott first entered politics in 2010 after winning over South Carolina’s First District, which excited the state’s Republican establishment as they tried to broaden their appeal to Black voters. He continued to ride the Tea Party wave when his current competitor, then-South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, appointed him as the junior senator in 2012.
On the campaign trail, Scott often pointed to his life and rise in politics as proof of concept in America as the land of opportunity — the place where resilience and optimism can take people places.
“It’s a blessing to come from a state like South Carolina, where a kid who grows up in a single-parent household mired in poverty can one day even think about being president of the United States,” he said in April. “Only made in America is my story.”
While speaking with voters, Scott spoke of his personal story growing up the…
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