{"id":2214016,"date":"2024-04-05T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-leads-black-republicans-to-court-support-for-trump-amid-vp-speculation\/"},"modified":"2024-04-05T17:22:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T21:22:52","slug":"tim-scott-leads-black-republicans-to-court-support-for-trump-amid-vp-speculation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tim-scott-leads-black-republicans-to-court-support-for-trump-amid-vp-speculation\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Scott rallies African American Republicans to gain backing for Trump amidst Vice Presidential rumors"},"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\">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%2Ftim-scott-leads-black-republicans-to-court-support-for-trump-amid-vp-speculation%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=2214016&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--><p>Sen. Tim Scott\u200c launched\u200b a new\u200b roundtable video series\u2062 called &#8220;America\u2019s Starting Five,&#8221;\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daily-wire-announces-the-search-a-new-series-starring-ben-shapiro-with-jordan-peterson-episode-dropping-tonight\/\" title=\"Daily Wire Announces \u2018The Search,\u2019 A New Series Starring Ben Shapiro, With Jordan Peterson Episode Dropping TONIGHT\">featuring conversations<\/a> with fellow Republican \u2064Congress members: Byron Donalds, Burgess\u2062 Owens, John James, and Wesley \u2062Hunt. The series\u2064 highlights Black Republican voices and addresses President Biden\u2019s controversial remarks. Scott\u2062 aims to engage Black \u2063voters and potentially counter Democrats leading into the 2024 elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tim-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)<\/a> launched <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/yWPuzDFU_Go?si=RXL94eng6i8_HHKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a new <\/a>roundtable video series on Friday, highlighting the perspectives of five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican<\/a> members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Congress\">Congress<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The series is called \u201cAmerica\u2019s Starting Five\u201d and features an informal conversation led by Scott alongside Reps. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John James (R-MI), and Wesley Hunt (R-TX). The video segments are billed as \u201ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/never-seen-anything-like-this-church-baptizes-141-people-on-a-single-sunday\/\" title=\"Church baptizes record-breaking 141 individuals in one Sunday\">series dedicated<\/a> to Black Republican voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release of the video comes amid speculation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"former President Donald Trump\">former President Donald Trump<\/a> is considering Scott as a potential running mate in his quest to take back the White House in 2024. Many Republicans hope that such a pick could take support away from the Democratic Party, which has been the traditional choice for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/its-happening-trump-now-up-in-michigan-florida-pennsylvania-and-tied-in-wisconsin-and-black-hispanic-and-evangelical-vote-is-up-from-2016\/\" title=\"IT'S HAPPENING! Trump Now Up in Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and Tied in Wisconsin -- And Black, Hispanic and Evangelical Vote Is UP from 2016!\">black voters<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"yWPuzDFU_Go\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"America's Starting Five | Part 1\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yWPuzDFU_Go?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In the first episode, the lawmakers focus on comments made by President Joe Biden during a controversial radio appearance in 2020, when Biden said that if black voters did not vote for him, then they \u201cain\u2019t black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere are four non-black black people,\u201d Scott said with a laugh. \u201cAn old white dude telling me I can\u2019t be black if I don\u2019t vote for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sometimes frustrating as well as entertaining,\u201d Scott told the others in the video. \u201cFrustrating in that Democrats and Joe Biden get away with saying the darnedest things and never held accountable by anyone for the things they say so salaciously. Entertaining because that is funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video series is part of a larger effort to court black voters and is designed to replicate conversations taking place across the country. This comes as four recent polls, <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.qu.edu\/poll-release?releaseid=3894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Quinnipiac<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econTabReport_dyZbfXi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Economist<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net\/documents\/econTabReport_dyZbfXi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>-YouGov<\/a>,<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/03\/05\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York Times<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/03\/05\/us\/elections\/times-siena-poll-registered-voter-crosstabs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>-Siena<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/law.marquette.edu\/poll\/category\/results-and-data\/\">Marquette University Law School<\/a>, have shown that Trump has at least 20% support among black adults. In addition, a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/official-polls\/fox-news-poll-half-voters-worse-off-2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Fox News survey<\/a> shows him with the support of 26% of black voters.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are looking to build on these gains while also highlighting Biden\u2019s gaffes. The lawmakers in the video played a soundbite of Biden\u2019s comments that \u201cpoor kids are just as bright and talented as white kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe arrogance of these white liberals condescending not just African Americans, but poor kids in general,\u201d James said in the video. \u201cHe\u2019s talking about a social, economic divide. He\u2019s talking about elites against working-class and poor people. And this can explain why a lot of their policies are beginning to move things away from where they\u2019re most needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The second episode of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Starting Five\u201d is slated to come out on April 12.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) debuted &#8220;America&#8217;s Starting Five,&#8221; a roundtable video series showcasing five GOP Congress members: Byron Donalds (R-FL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), John James (R-MI), and Wesley Hunt (R-TX). The videos offer informal discussions led by Scott, providing diverse Republican perspectives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2214017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24078704857831-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24078704857831-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}