{"id":2096984,"date":"2023-11-13T10:18:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-candidate-stuns-campaign-staffers-and-donors-by-dropping-out-live-on-fox-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T10:19:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T15:19:15","slug":"republican-presidential-candidate-stuns-campaign-staffers-and-donors-by-dropping-out-live-on-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-presidential-candidate-stuns-campaign-staffers-and-donors-by-dropping-out-live-on-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Presidential Candidate Stuns Campaign Staffers and Donors by Dropping Out Live on Fox News"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Frepublican-presidential-candidate-stuns-campaign-staffers-and-donors-by-dropping-out-live-on-fox-news%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=2096984&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>Republican Presidential Candidate Stuns \u200dCampaign Staffers and \u2063Donors \u2062by Dropping Out Live on Fox News<\/h2>\n<p>Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott shocked his supporters and campaign team \u2063by\u2064 abruptly announcing his withdrawal from the 2024 race. The unexpected announcement came just two months before \u200bthe start \u200bof\u200d voting\u2064 in Iowa&#8217;s leadoff GOP \u2062caucuses, leaving many stunned.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, a South Carolina\u2063 senator, made the surprise announcement \u200cduring an appearance on Fox News Channel&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday Night in \u2062America&#8221; with Trey Gowdy, one of \u200bhis closest\u200c friends. The news was so unexpected that some campaign \u2062staff members found out about Scott&#8217;s decision by watching the show.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I love America more\u200d today\u2063 than I did on \u200cMay 22,&#8221;\u2062 Scott said. &#8220;But when I go \u2062back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. I am suspending\u2063 my campaign. I think the voters who\u2063 are \u2062the \u2064most remarkable people on the planet \u2064have been really\u2064 clear that they&#8217;re telling me, &#8216;Not now, Tim.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s\u200c departure \u2063comes as the \u2063GOP field has struggled to gain \u200ctraction in a\u2064 race dominated by former President Donald Trump. Despite\u2063 facing multiple\u200c criminal indictments and \u2062legal challenges, Trump \u2063continues to lead in the polls, leading many to believe the race is effectively over.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, in particular, has had difficulty gaining momentum in \u2063the \u200dpolls, despite significant financial \u200dsupport from high-profile donors. His positive campaign message often got\u200c overshadowed by other candidates, especially during debates where he seemed to fade\u200d into the background. It remains \u200cuncertain whether Scott would have qualified for the upcoming \u200bfourth debate due to higher\u2064 polling requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Scott is the second \u2064major\u200c candidate to drop out of the \u2062race since October. Former Vice President Mike Pence suspended his campaign two weeks ago, acknowledging \u2064that &#8220;This is\u2063 not my time.&#8221; However,\u200d Pence was polling\u2064 behind Scott\u200b and faced more significant financial challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Scott stated that he would not immediately endorse any\u2063 of his remaining \u200cRepublican rivals, believing that the voters should make their own decisions. He also\u200c ruled out serving as vice \u200dpresident, emphasizing that it\u200d was \u200dnever \u2063part of his campaign plans.<\/p>\n<p>With Scott&#8217;s exit, Nikki Haley, Trump&#8217;s \u200dformer United Nations\u2064 ambassador \u200band\u2063 the former South\u200b Carolina governor, remains the sole South Carolinian in the race. The fact that both Scott and Haley were\u2064 running created an uncomfortable situation for many donors and voters who had supported them both \u2062over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s decision to drop out also led to some\u200d tense \u200bmoments between \u2064the\u200b two during the previous GOP debates. Following the announcement, some \u200bof Scott&#8217;s donors expressed their intention to switch \u2062their support to Haley.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2064response to Scott&#8217;s departure, Haley praised him\u2062 as &#8220;a good man of \u200dfaith and an inspiration to so \u2062many,&#8221; acknowledging that\u2063 his participation in\u200c the GOP primary made it better.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s campaign team was taken by surprise, as they had sent out an email\u2062 soliciting donations just minutes before his \u2062announcement.\u2064 Campaign staffers\u2064 expressed frustration, having recently shifted resources from \u200dNew Hampshire to Iowa to boost Scott&#8217;s standing in the leadoff caucus.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the shock and\u200b sadness among donors, many praised\u2064 Scott for stepping aside to allow \u200bRepublicans to unite behind an\u2062 alternative to Trump.\u2063 Some donors, like Eric Levine and Chad Walldorf, \u200bpledged their support to Haley, considering her the best chance to defeat Trump\u2064 and reclaim the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s former rivals in the 2024 \u2062race issued \u200cstatements wishing him well, highlighting \u2064his conservative \u2062values and inspiring personal story. Trump&#8217;s campaign did not immediately respond to the news, but some\u2064 within \u2062his circle viewed Scott as a potential \u200cvice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Scott&#8217;s future plans remain uncertain. He has\u2062 previously stated that \u200bhis 2022 Senate\u200d reelection would be his \u200dlast, and there has been speculation about a potential run \u200bfor\u2063 South Carolina governor in 2026. With Governor Henry McMaster&#8217;s term \u2063limit approaching, the GOP primary is\u200b expected to be highly\u2063 competitive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western\u2062 Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that\u2063 it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-republican-presidential-candidate-tim-scott-announces-dropping-2024-race\/\">Republican Presidential Candidate Stuns Campaign Staffers and Donors by Dropping Out Live on Fox News<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott abruptly announced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, a development that surprised his donors and stunned his campaign staff just two months before the start of voting in Iowa\u2019s leadoff GOP caucuses. 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