Tim Scott, a Republican senator from South Carolina and the only black member of this party in the Upper House, yesterday launched his candidacy for the 2024 presidential elections against Donald Trump, his leader but also his greatest antagonist in terms of personal history... And as for his vision of the United States, which Scott contemplates with an optimism totally opposite to the catastrophic perspective of the ultra ex-president.
In his presentation as a candidate in his hometown of North Charleston, Scott took the stage to his mother, who raised him single and "always sacrificed" for him.
And it is that the 57-year-old parliamentarian, who before entering politics worked as an insurance agent, usually uses his humble origins and success in life as an example of the "fantastic country of opportunities" that the United States is still for him. .: “My grandfather, who had to drop out of school to pick cotton, had stubborn faith in God, but also in the future of this great nation.” And at the end of his life, he says, he was able to see him become a congressman.
A candidate to rescue the American dream.
Scott joins an already long list of Republican 2024 candidates. In addition to Trump and himself, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy. Others, like former Vice President Mike Pence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, are considering running.
Tim Scott is the opposite of Trump in the music of his message but not in the lyrics. The southern senator was elected to Congress, initially in the House of Representatives, during the wave of the ultra-conservative Tea Party in 2010. He defines himself as pro-life and anti-abortionist without nuances, defends low-tax fiscal policy and incentives for investors, even to the detriment of publicly funded social networks, and not in vain does it have strong support from Wall Street and the most conservative mega-donors.
