GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina information paperwork to run for president

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina filed paperwork Friday to run for president in 2024, formally throwing his hat right into a rising Republican major lineup that former President Donald Trump has to date led.

Scott is anticipated to announce his presidential marketing campaign on Monday morning in North Charleston. He made it official Friday morning when he filed a press release of candidacy with the Federal Election Fee designating a principal marketing campaign committee for a presidential bid.

The 57-year-old lawmaker, who’s the Senate’s sole Black Republican, arrives as an underdog within the major. He has polled within the low single digits in surveys of the potential discipline even after launching an exploratory committee final month.

Scott’s marketing campaign did not touch upon the submitting, which permits the senator’s marketing campaign to start out inserting TV and radio advertisements as a part of a large $6 million purchase for Iowa and New Hampshire. The advertisements are anticipated to start operating subsequent Wednesday.

Scott’s model of politics, marked by optimism and gestures towards stitching a divided nation again collectively, has been principally absent from the Republican presidential dialog.

Trump, the clear polling frontrunner, is an everyday supply of divisive rhetoric that describes the U.S. beneath President Joe Biden as one thing like a dystopia. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prime contender who is anticipated to announce his personal presidential run subsequent week, rose to nationwide prominence by participating in polarizing political fights over hot-button social points.

Scott has been vital of Biden, however he has additionally homed in on a message of unity that in some methods echoes the Democratic president’s messaging within the 2020 election. He introduced his presidential exploratory marketing campaign on the day marking the begin of the Civil Battle, underlining that America’s soul in that contest “was put to the take a look at, and we prevailed.”

“I’ll by no means again down in protection of the conservative values that makes America distinctive,” he mentioned in a video launched on that day.

Scott’s fellow South Carolina Republican, former Gov. Nikki Haley, has been operating for president since February.

Democrats shortly sought to tie Scott with Trump.

“Even earlier than he refused to call a coverage distinction with Trump, Scott was a fierce advocate of the MAGA agenda – supporting nationwide abortion bans and championing plans to finish Medicare and Social Safety as we all know them,” Democratic Nationwide Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, who as soon as ran for one among South Carolina’s U.S. Senate seats, mentioned in a press release Friday. “There isn’t any query that particular pursuits are celebrating as Tim Scott throws his hat into the 2024 race for the MAGA base.”