{"id":1935880,"date":"2023-05-22T23:56:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T03:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reacts-to-sen-tim-scotts-2024-presidential-announcement\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T23:57:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T03:57:33","slug":"trump-reacts-to-sen-tim-scotts-2024-presidential-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reacts-to-sen-tim-scotts-2024-presidential-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump responds to Sen. Tim Scott&#8217;s 2024 bid."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-reacts-to-sen-tim-scotts-2024-presidential-announcement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935880&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump Welcomes Scott to 2024 Republican Presidential Primary<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump welcomed Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to the 2024 Republican presidential primary, using Scott&#8217;s move as a means to target Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump wrote on Truth Social that &#8220;Good luck to Senator Tim Scott in entering the Republican Presidential Primary Race. It is rapidly loading up with lots of people, and Tim is a big step up&#8221; from DeSantis. <\/p>\n<p>During his speech on Monday, Scott attempted to paint himself as an optimist who could get things done and criticized President Joe Biden and his agenda. He also said of Biden: &#8220;This administration has taxed, borrowed, and spent trillions of dollars trying to replace a hand up with handouts. All they bought us was crushing inflation that has devastated families like mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scott appears to have the support of several top donors, according to a number of reports, as well as members of the Republican Senate leadership. <\/p>\n<h3>Scott&#8217;s Background and Campaign<\/h3>\n<p>When he was appointed to the Senate in 2013 by then-Gov. Nikki Haley, Scott became the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wonderful-visual-emblem-glass-monument-to-kamala-harris-erected-in-front-of-lincoln-memorial\/\" title=\"\u2018Wonderful Visual Emblem\u2019: Glass Monument To Kamala Harris Erected In Front Of Lincoln Memorial\">black senator<\/a> from the South since just after the Civil War. Winning a 2014 special election to serve out the remainder of his term made him the first black candidate to win a statewide race in South Carolina in more than a century. <\/p>\n<p>Scott has also routinely repudiated the teaching of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a>, a quasi-Marxist academic framework that presents the idea that the nation&#8217;s institutions need to be purged of white people. &#8220;Today, I&#8217;m living proof that America is the land of opportunity and not a land of oppression,&#8221; he said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A source of strength for Scott will be his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-leadership-fund-announces-28-million-ad-buy-for-jd-vance-in-ohio\/\" title=\"Senate Leadership Fund Announces  Million Ad Buy for JD Vance in Ohio\">campaign bank account<\/a>. He enters the 2024 race with more cash on hand than any other presidential candidate in U.S. history, with $22 million left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump welcomed Sen. Tim Scott to the 2024 Republican presidential primary and used it to target Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. 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