see the biden liberals attacking every wrong of the ladder that helped me climb. hmm that s interesting or let what s his plan for dealing with former president trump, who is also in the race? well he was asked about that today in an interview with fox news, and he really just completely avoided talking about president trump. he tried to argue that this is race is about president biden, the current occupant of the white house. and that is a strategy that you do see at times play out within the republican party . but at some point there is going to have to be this engagement right with the big elephant in the room, which is donald trump. going to look like we ll see exactly. we ll see how he does it. i mean, one thing that s interesting about tim scott. is he really projects? this optimist, you know, happy type of attitude when he tries to talk about the country, and sometimes that runs contrary to you know, the abrasive nature that we ve seen from the former president himself, so we ll
himself to be an impressive fundraiser is currently sitting on more than $20 million in his senate account that can be transferred over to a presidential bid. the other thing about tim scott is that he has a powerful life story. one of the things he touched on in that video, take a listen. i was raised by a single mother and poverty, the spoons in our apartment. plastic not silver, but we had faith put in the work , and we have an unwavering belief that we, too, could live the american dream. i know america is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression, millet because i ve lived it. that s why it pains my soul to see the biden liberals attacking every wrong of the ladder that helped me climb. now, don one thing that tim scott doesn t have that some other 2024 republican hopefuls do is that national name recognition and that s something that this committee could help with raise his national profile
reporters. look let s just look at the biography is an interesting candidate and various jeff notes very popular, especially among fellow republicans here in washington. we ll see if you can sell it at the country s. the only black republican senator in 2013 is when he came to the united states senate, then governor nikki haley, now arrival in the republican race, appointed him to that seat. he led the effort to make lynching a federal hate crime led a bipartisan policing negotiations after george floyd s murder, said they were is no constitutionally viable means to overturn the 2020 election and let s listen to just a little bit from his an asset. what does make him different is donald trump is often dark and full of grievances. some people say they see that in ron desantis scott is consistently optimistic. i know america is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. i know it because i ve lived it. that s why it pains my soul to see the biden liberals attacking every wrong of t
we ll be watching ryan young. thank you very much. and turning to politics. now senator tim scott is in iowa today, meeting with families that homeschool their kids that is notable because earlier today the republican lawmaker launched a presidential exploratory committee, moving one step closer to formally entering the race for the 2024 republican nomination. and in his announcement video, scott said that he will not back down from defending conservative values. i know america is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. i know it because i ve lived it. that s why it pains my soul to see the biden liberals attacking every wrong of the ladder that helped me climb. and joining us now is cnn political commentator and former special assistant to president george w. bush scott jennings. so, scott, um, you heard there in that video, senator scott tim scott, talking about how america
a new generation of people running for president. younger people. republican senator tim scott of south carolina talk. speaking of strong, thurman launched a presidential exploratory committee today. here s a little bit of his launch video. i know america is a land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. i know it because i ve lived it. that s why it pains my soul to see the biden liberals attacking every wrong of the ladder that helped me climb of witness that america can do for anyone, but she s done for me, but we must rise up to the challenges of our time. this is a fight. we must win. is there a lane for senator tim scott in a republican presidential primary? there is what we see shaping up right now as it looks to be donald trump versus probably ron desantis if they beat each other up if republicans willing to stand up to donald trump, and that happens, there s an opportunity and it could be tim scott. tim scott is the most popular republican i ve ever met. every