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Tim Scott
early and often
Aug. 5, 2024
Tim Scott Actually Got Married This Weekend From finally tying the knot with Mindy Noce to not being J.D. Vance, everything is coming up Tim Scott!
early and often
May 7, 2024
Is 2024 Election Denialism a Trump VP Litmus Test? Tim Scott showed the way by refusing to answer a question about accepting the results of the next presidential election.
early and often
Apr. 12, 2024
Trump Boots Anti-Abortion Extremists From His VP Shortlist Potential running mates like Kristi Noem and Tim Scott may be out now that Trump is embracing “states’ rights” to downplay the issue.
tremendous content
Mar. 22, 2024
Potential Trump VP Tim Scott Schedules Wedding Around RNC Is the timing politically motivated, or are the senator and his fiancée, Mindy Noce, just eager to wed? It’s unclear!
early and often
Jan. 24, 2024
Tim Scott’s Mystery Girlfriend Is Now His Fiancée In one commitment-filled weekend, the senator endorsed Donald Trump and got engaged to Mindy Noce.
early and often
Jan. 19, 2024
Tim Scott Endorsing Trump Is Another Blow to Nikki Haley She’s already trailing badly in her home state. Now an old ally is backing her opponent and could even block her path to becoming vice-president.
early and often
Dec. 27, 2023
Who Was 2023’s Biggest Loser in Politics? There were several politicians who had a terrible, no-good year. But nobody’s 2023 was as brutal as a certain soon-to-be ex-congressman’s.
early and often
Dec. 19, 2023
Is Failed Candidate Tim Scott a Kingmaker Now? He could deliver some votes in South Carolina and could even become Trump’s veep. But if he wants to run in 2028, he might keep his powder dry.
early and often
Nov. 13, 2023
Tim Scott’s Exit Leaves Only Two Serious GOP Trump Rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis are competing for second place, but their chances against Donald Trump remain slim.
early and often
Nov. 9, 2023
Tim Scott’s Girlfriend Is Real, Not That It Matters Anymore The senator’s dramatic girlfriend reveal at the third GOP debate probably won’t change the downward trajectory of his 2024 campaign.
early and often
Oct. 16, 2023
Tim Scott’s Candidacy May Be Circling the Drain He’s sinking in the polls and has been outflanked by Nikki Haley. Cancellation of a planned ad blitz could be a sign the end is near.
conservatism
Sept. 29, 2023
Scott, Haley, and the Radicalization of the ‘Moderate’ Republican The South Carolina politicians combine the plutocratic priorities of Paul Ryan with the lunatic jingoism of Donald Trump.
early and often
Sept. 19, 2023
Tim Scott Thinks Striking Autoworkers Should All Be Fired Many Republicans, including Donald Trump, are expressing at least token sympathy for the United Auto Workers. But Scott wants Reagan-style firings.
tremendous content
Sept. 12, 2023
Does Tim Scott’s Girlfriend Actually Exist? Maybe! The Washington Post conducted an in-depth investigation and spoke with the 2024 candidate about his new love, yet the results were inconclusive.
vision 2024
Aug. 24, 2023
Who Won (and Lost) the First Republican Debate It was a good night for Ron DeSantis and a bad one for your grandchildren.
republican presidential debates
Aug. 23, 2023
3 Things at Stake in the First GOP Primary Debate Even with Donald Trump offstage, the showdown in Milwaukee could change the trajectory of the 2024 campaign.
trump indicment
Aug. 3, 2023
Conservatives: Punishing Coup Leaders Is Authoritarian Does holding a presidential candidate accountable for trying to end American democracy imperil American democracy?
early and often
July 31, 2023
DeSantis and Black Republicans Struggle Over Anti-Anti-Racism Movement When he criticizes the Black Republican validators of the GOP’s racial righteousness as woke, DeSantis is playing with fire.
early and often
July 28, 2023
Tim Scott May Overtake the Slumping Ron DeSantis. If He Does, What Then? For the first time, there’s a chance someone will displace DeSantis as Trump’s top 2024 opponent. If it’s Tim Scott, will he finally make enemies?
early and often
July 21, 2023
life after roe
June 26, 2023
‘Sunny’ Tim Scott Takes Hardest Line Available on Abortion The South Carolinian can’t afford to get outflanked on the right in Iowa in eagerness to ban as many abortions as possible.
early and often
May 22, 2023
Tim Scott Runs for President on His Autobiography Conservative audiences love Scott’s argument that it’s Biden and the left who are depriving Black and low-income Americans of opportunities.
early and often
Apr. 15, 2023
Don’t Get Too Attached to This New Batch of Presidential Candidates Recent presidential cycles have been littered with candidates who dropped out before any votes were cast. It could happen again in 2024.
early and often
Apr. 13, 2023
The Haley-Scott Primary Within the Primary One of these two candidates from the same state needs to make a move sooner rather than later.
early and often
Apr. 12, 2023
Tim Scott Equates the ‘Radical Left’ With the Confederacy The South Carolina senator is doubling down on the claim that his life disproves American racism. It’s how he distinguishes himself from rivals.
early and often
Feb. 24, 2023
Tim Scott’s 2024 Pitch Is Only ‘Sunny’ If You Like GOP Dominance The senator laid out his ostensibly “optimistic” vision in Iowa ahead of a possible 2024 run. It was full of gloomy red-meat attacks on Democrats.
Trump’s 2024 Veepstakes Is Already Under Way The former president will probably choose someone unlikely to burnish his own self-image of indispensability as his next running mate.
Why White Racists Vote for Black Republicans Black Republicans who share strongly conservative views can paradoxically appeal to white racists as exceptions that prove their so-called rules.
republicans
Oct. 18, 2021
Tim Scott Knows What He’s Doing Why Republican donors are so excited about the South Carolina senator.
the national interest
Sept. 27, 2021
Tim Scott Turns Against His Own Police-Reform Plan Republican senator once supported tying grants to reform; now he calls it “defunding the police.”
Will Trump Dump Pence If He Runs in 2024? There are reports Trump won’t forgive Pence his one moment of independence. A fresh start could also give us the spectacle of a Trump-Trump ticket.
the revolution
Aug. 25, 2020
The GOP Thinks Marxists Are Taking Over. If Only That Were True. We’re far from achieving the socialist utopia Republicans are warning about at their convention.
republican national convention
Aug. 25, 2020
Republicans Promised a Convention, But Delivered Crazy Talk On the first night of the RNC, speakers worshipped Trump but rarely mentioned their party, and many went over the brink with wild anti-Biden rhetoric.
police reform
June 25, 2020
Senate Democrats Stall Republican Police-Reform Bill to Force Negotiations Bipartisan negotiations will have to occur unless both parties are satisfied with their positions on this subject going into November.
police reform
June 17, 2020
Competing Police-Reform Bills Quickly Emerge in Congress The biggest potential deal-breaker is the Democrats’ call for stripping police officers of “qualified immunity” against lawsuits.
police reform
June 16, 2020
Trump Signs Police Reform Executive Order, But Calls for More ‘Law and Order’ The president’s rambling remarks about his modest police reform executive order left the impression that his heart wasn’t quite in it.
coronavirus
Mar. 26, 2020
The Longest Day: Senate Unanimously Passes $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill After a failed Republican effort to cut unemployment benefits, the largest emergency aid package in U.S. history passed unanimously.
Surprise: Black Voters Still Don’t Like Donald Trump Trump’s claim he would get 95 percent of the black vote in 2020 is looking like absolutely the polar opposite of reality.
voter suppression
Dec. 1, 2018
Fear of a Black North Carolina Thomas Farr’s failed nomination belies how close he came to the federal bench in a state known for its hostility toward black political power.
voting rights
Nov. 29, 2018
Tim Scott Kills Confirmation of Judge Accused of Vote Suppression Thomas Farr has been a close associate of North Carolina’s Republican warriors against voting rights. Two GOP defections stopped his confirmation.
2018 midterms
Nov. 27, 2018
Mike Espy’s Quest to Make Southern History in Mississippi’s Senate Runoff If he pulls off an upset against Cindy Hyde-Smith, Espy would be the first African-American Democrat to win a Senate seat in the former Confederacy.
Stacey Abrams and the New Democratic Coalition in the South In the past, southern black Democratic voters were expected to loyally support white centrist candidates with rare representation. That has changed.
Black Republicans Do Not Have Donald Trump’s Back With rare exceptions, African-American Republicans are giving the president’s comments on Charlottesville a wide berth, or condemning them.
Attacking Free Speech Is the Wrong Way to Counter Campus Anti-Semitism A new bipartisan bill designed to respond to anti-Semitic hate has some seriously problematic components from a free-speech perspective.
midterms 2014
Nov. 5, 2014
11 Big Firsts From the 2014 Midterm Elections Meet the first black Republican woman in Congress, and more.
sanford and wife
Dec. 18, 2012
comings and goings
Dec. 17, 2012
comings and goings
Dec. 6, 2012
Jim DeMint Cashes In The South Carolina senator is leaving the Senate to head a think tank in January.
the hunt for red november
Aug. 8, 2011
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