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Get To Know Tim Scott: The GOP’s Newest Presidential Hopeful
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Earlier today, South Carolina Senator Tim Scott entered the race for President. That makes him the sixth Republican candidate to get into the race, in a crowded attempt to beat the current frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. 

So for today’s episode, a rerun of my conversation with Tim Scott from last summer. As you’ll hear, Scott’s approach is fundamentally different from many of his fellow republicans in that he’s the ultimate optimist. In part, that optimism comes from his own story. Scott’s grandfather picked cotton in the segregated south. He never learned to read or write. Within two generations, without money or connections, his grandson became a U.S. senator, and today, throws his hat in to become President of the United States.

Scott told me he is frustrated at all the pessimism, including from inside his own party — and he’s frustrated at the notion that America is in decline. Though I hope Scott is right, you’ll hear that I challenge him on that idea. I see very good reasons for Americans to be fed up with the state of the union and deeply worried about the future of the country.

We also talked about Trump, the state of the GOP and what it’s like to be the Senate’s only black Republican.

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I think a candidate like Tim Scott would be the perfect candidate to run against Biden. All those folks fleeing the Democratic party because of the party's lurch to the woke left need a candidate with a positive message, , an inclusive president. That candidate is Tim, not the controversial candidates like Trump and DeSantis. You actually want to win? run a self made man from a relatively poor background with a positive message who makes you feel good to be an American again. I realize there is more to a good president than that, but it got a former actor from California elected. Good things happen when you start with a person whose path is dictated by a clear moral compass.

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I keep hearing that Sen..Scott is the only black Republican as if there are are many black Democrats in the Senate. Fact: There are only two black Democrats in the Senate.

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