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.
We saw that movie before in 2016 and the sequel continued Monday as U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina threw his hat into the ring for president with a raucous kickoff announcement in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Scott has been one of the most liked, and even beloved, members of the United States Senate since then-Gov. Nikki Haley appointed him to replace Jim DeMint in 2013. As the second Black Republican elected to the Senate since Reconstruction, he’s got a personal story so remarkable you could turn it into a movie. He has a record so conservative Ralph Reed could have chartered it himself. And Scott is so genuinely down-to-earth that fellow members of Congress report seeing him reading his bible on the plane to and from Charleston when the Senate is not in session.
