{"id":2825,"date":"2023-04-14T00:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T05:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2023-04-14T00:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T05:56:47","slug":"another-big-name-republican-announces-exploratory-committee-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=2825","title":{"rendered":"Another big-name Republican announces exploratory committee for president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott announced an \u201cexploratory committee for president\u201d Wednesday, his first step in entering the 2024 race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI know that America is a land of opportunity, not oppression. I know it, because I\u2019ve lived it,\u201d Scott said in the video. \u201cI will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m announcing my exploratory committee for president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TRENDING:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2023\/04\/legal-lifeline-j6-defendants\/\">A legal lifeline for J6 defendants?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/03\/12\/opinion-this-senator-would-make-the-perfect-vp-pick-for-donald-trump-rasheed-walters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott<\/a>\u00a0described his positive experience in America and intends on defending the Judeo-Christian values that make the country great, according to the video. The senator has been widely perceived to run for the Republican nomination in 2024, and the video announcement is the latest indication of his aspirations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional.<br><br>That&#39;s why I&#39;m announcing my exploratory committee for President of the United States.<br><br>This fight is personal.<br><br>I want every American to have the same opportunities I had. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HV56pbyKdB\">pic.twitter.com\/HV56pbyKdB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tim Scott (@votetimscott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/votetimscott\/status\/1646109597214679043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the campaign-like video, Scott listed some of the things he might do as president \u2013 standing up to China, restoring job opportunities, parental rights in education, solving the border crisis, defending streets from crime and protecting the right to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>WND is now on Trump&#8217;s Truth Social!\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WNDNews\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us @WNDNews<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJoe Biden and the radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness. They\u2019re promoting victimhood over responsibility. And they\u2019re indoctrinating our children to believe that we live in an evil country. And all to often when they get called out for their failures, they weaponize race to divide us, to hold on to their power.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This story originally was published by\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dailycallernewsfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Daily Caller News Foundation<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Original Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2023\/04\/another-big-name-republican-announces-exploratory-committee-president\/\">https:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2023\/04\/another-big-name-republican-announces-exploratory-committee-president\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott announced an \u201cexploratory committee for president\u201d Wednesday, his first step in entering the 2024 race. \u201cI know that America is a land of opportunity, not oppression. I know it, because I\u2019ve lived it,\u201d Scott said in the video. \u201cI will never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional, and that\u2019s why I\u2019m announcing my exploratory committee for president of the United States.\u201d TRENDING:&nbsp;A legal lifeline for J6 defendants? 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