U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., today will launch his 2024 presidential bid at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University. The South Carolina native is the U.S. Senate’s lone Black senator.
Scott, who filed paperwork Friday to be a GOP candidate for president, becomes the second political leader from the Palmetto State this year to run for the nation’s top office, following in the footsteps of the woman who appointed him to the U.S. Senate — former Gov. Nikki Haley.
A prodigious fund-raiser with about $22 million in the bank, Scott is expected also today to be endorsed by the Senate’s number two leader, U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. Several stories ahead of today’s launch focus on Scott’s life story, including one in Politico that shares 55 things to know about Scott. Number 30? He didn’t join the Congressional Black Caucus.
The Washington Post also shares a look at how some South Carolina leaders are feeling tension about their support for Scott or Haley as they run for president.
CP OPINION, Brack: Practice moderation to strengthen democracy
“The notion of feeling somewhere else — not the America of just a decade ago — seems to be permeating a politics where people don’t listen to or appreciate others’ perspectives. Politics has become a spectator bloodsport where liberals and conservatives seem hellbent on pursuing “my way or the highway” solutions on everything from not defaulting on the national debt or changing immigration policy to abortion and people’s rights to live like they want.”
In other headlines:
1,200-pound great white shark swimming off S.C. coast. The shark, named Ironbound, has been detected twice in the last week off the South Carolina coast, according to reports.
- Related: How to stay out of trouble with alligators. This story shares how to keep out of trouble with any of South Carolina’s 100,000 alligators.
Driver in S.C. bride death expresses remorse, more. In a long story based on jailhouse tapes, the woman accused of drunk driving in the Folly Beach death of a new bride expressed remorse and said she hoped to avoid prison. In related news, the widowed groom in the tragedy says the bride didn’t want their wedding night to end.
Lawmakers hear about $500M Patriots Point renewal project. The plan shared with lawmakers seeks to transform the attraction to a hospitality hotspot over the next 20 years.
Charleston Co. completes $7M deal with new jail medical provider. After months of complaints about medical treatment at the county jail, the county has signed a deal with a new provider, who some continue to question.
Breeze to offer two new flights out of Charleston. They’ll go to Charleston, W.Va., and Portland, Maine.
Historians’ book sheds light on enslaved lives. A look at a new book by Joe McGill and the City Paper’s Herb Frazier — “Sleeping with the Ancestors.”
- To get dozens of South Carolina news stories every business day, contact the folks at SC Clips.
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