The Latest Breaking News from Tim Scott

Tim Scott reminds me of another Black Republican, former Oklahoma U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts, who decided not to run for re-election in 2002, a reader from Itasca writes. Why didn’t Republicans do more to keep him around? Maybe they’ll do better with Scott.

Florida governor begins three-state swing of key Republican constituencies as campaign gets underway

Welcome to the Friday, May 26, Brew. 

Republicans are showing up in Iowa early and often, trying to stand out against the big personality that former President Donald Trump brings to the GOP primary.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign is tapping two longtime South Carolina political consultants to run his 2024 operations in the Palmetto State.

I used to think Republicans lavished so much love on Black candidates because they were keen to prove that they harbored no racism, Mona Charen writes. But the mask has slipped so often since Trump. Scott claims, “I’m the candidate the left fears the most.” Translation: I’m the Black candidate…

A bigger field means Trump's opposition may split, but some GOP senators are warning their party not to renominate him.

Here we go again. A qualified, conservative, likable Republican gets into the GOP presidential primary against Donald Trump. And then so does another one, and another, and another until eventually, the race becomes a blob of Donald Trump vs. everyone else.

Presidential contender Tim Scott, who announced recently, says he will use "the world's greatest military to fight these terrorists" south of the border. He's not alone.