Sen. Tim Scott headed to Iowa in February, fueling extra GOP presidential hypothesis

By Newsworldpress Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Tim Scott: America wants widespread floor

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., joins ‘One Nation with Brian Kilmeade’ to debate Iowa’s governor signing a faculty alternative invoice, claiming the way forward for our nation is within the palms of the ‘educated and uneducated.’

FIRST ON FOX – Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is heading subsequent month to the state that has kicked off the presidential nominating calendar for half a century.

Scott, the one Black Republican within the Senate, will deal with Polk County Republican Social gathering’s Lincoln Dinner on Feb. 22 in West Des Moines, Iowa.

This cease and others have fueled hypothesis about his doable White Home ambitions in 2024.

Polk County, dwelling to Des Moines, Iowa’s capital and largest metropolis, is probably the most populous county within the Hawkeye State. Polk County GOP chair Gloria Mazza advised Fox Information she’s “excited” to have the senator headline her occasion.

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Scott, one of many Republican Social gathering’s prime fundraisers, simply cruised to re-election in November to what he’s stated will probably be his ultimate six-year time period within the Senate.

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Whereas Scott’s repeatedly demurred when requested about 2024, he hinted in November at a doable future run throughout his re-election victory celebration by telling the story of how he took his grandfather to the polls in 2012, and that his grandfather proudly voted for him in addition to for Democrat Barack Obama, the nation’s first Black president.

Republican Sen. Tim Scott of Iowa will headline the Polk County GOP Lincoln Dinner, in West Des Moines, Iowa on Feb. 22, 2023. (Polk County Iowa GOP)

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“I want he had lived lengthy sufficient to see maybe one other man of colour elected president of america,” Scott stated, earlier than including “however this time let or not it’s a Republican.”

Scott made three stops in Iowa final yr to assist fundraise and marketing campaign for Republicans operating within the 2022 midterm elections. He additionally made a few stops the previous two years in New Hampshire, which for a century has held the primary major within the White Home race and immediately follows Iowa within the GOP presidential nominating calendar.