Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) ne Sunday ko signal diya ki unhone formally apne 2024 ke presidential bid ka announcement 22 May ko karega, jisme early primary state travels aur recently launched exploratory committee ke speculation ke months ke baad provoke kiya gaya tha.
Scott ne Sunday ko nearby Charleston mein 150 logon ki crowd se baat karte hue, North Charleston, South Carolina mein hone wale ek campaign event mein woh "major announcement" tease kiya jise unhone announce karne ka plan banaya tha. Senator ne February se Iowa, New Hampshire, aur apne native state South Carolina mein travel kiya tha jab woh apni bid ko consider kar rahe the, aur unhone unhe mil rahe positive response ke baare mein openly baat ki.
"Faith in America" tour ko road par aur ek exploratory committee ke alawa le jane ka time khatm hai, Scott ne apne plans ko tease karte hue Sunday ko kaha. "Ab ek final step lena hai. Hum ek major announcement karne wale hain. Aap vahaan hona chahte hain."
Sources, jo Scott ke plans ke bare mein jaante hain, ne recent days mein kaha hai ki unka goal May ke end tak officially apni campaign launch karne ka hai.
Officially announcement karke, Scott ek field mein enter honge jise abhi bhi former President Donald Trump dominate kar raha hai. Scott presidential ambitions wale senate ke members mein ek hain, lekin kayi members ne cycle ke saath nahi chalne ka option choose kiya hai jabki Trump aur President Joe Biden apne respective primary electorates ke saath steady leads maintain kar rahe hain. Still, Scott former president ke khilaaf ek two-man race mein enter nahi kar rahe hain.
Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) ne abhi tak apni candidacy declare nahi ki hai lekin expected hai ki woh coming months mein ek exploratory committee launch karega. Trump ke Manhattan indictment ke baad late March mein poll numbers plummeting se beset hone ke bawjood, DeSantis ne apni status ko former president ke top competitor ke taur par maintain kiya hai.
Former Governor Nikki Haley (R-SC), jinhone Scott ko 2012 mein unke Senate seat mein appoint kiya tha jab unhone ek competitive 2010 Congressional contest jeeta tha, bhi race mein hain. Unhone apni bid February mein launch ki thi, jabki Scott ke early primary state travel itinerary unke apne 2024 plans ke baare mein speculation kar rahe the. Scott aur Haley political allies hain jo ab tak 2024 contest mein trading barbs se bache hue hain.
Other declared candidates mein former Governor Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, aur conservative talk radio host Larry Edler hain.
Scott apni compelling personal story ke saath campaign mein enter kar rahe hain. Ek single mother ke bachche hone ke baad jo unke grandparents ke saath poverty mein rehte the, Scott ne decades of adversity se perseverance ki hai. High school se almost fail hone ke baad woh mentors ko find kiye jinhone unhe ek naye path par guide kiya, jisme college jana, insurance agency shuru karna, aur eventually elected office ke liye run karna shamil tha.
Woh Senate ke ek black Republican hain, aur agar run karne ka decide karein to highest-ranking black official honge jo
