Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said on Sunday that voters do not care about former President Donald Trump&#8217;s legal woes because they are focused on issues that impact them.
Scott made the remarks during a CBS News interview on &#8220;Face The Nation&#8221; with Robert Costa when asked about the amount of time that Trump is spending in the courtroom while on the campaign trail, and whether that would burden Republicans in the general election.
&#8220;This has only exposed the two-tiered justice system that many Americans fear,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;You have a justice system that hunts Republicans, while protecting Democrats. Bob, one of the most compelling pieces of evidence towards this fact is Special Counsel Hur&#8217;s report that said that absolutely without any question, Joe Biden mishandled classified sensitive material. At the same time, you have courts actually targeting and running after Republicans. Not just however, the former president, but whether it&#8217;s pro-life activists or folks showing up at school board meetings, being referred to by this Department of Justice as domestic terrorists. We have a two-tiered justice system that is being exposed.&#8221;
Scott, when asked whether the Republican National Committee should be involved in helping Trump pay for his legal expenses, said: &#8220;I can only tell you that without any question, when you look at the two-tiered justice system that we have &#8230; I think it&#8217;s important for us to note that without any question, the American people are very concerned about how that would impact their lives.&#8221;
&#8220;Their issues are very clear by the way,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The American people are more focused on their future than Donald Trump&#8217;s past. What they&#8217;re more focused on is making sure that our southern border is secured. We&#8217;re looking at almost 10 million illegal crossings by the election. The American people aren&#8217;t asking the questions about legal challenges. The American people are asking questions about economic challenges. When two-thirds of Americans according to a few polls, say that they don&#8217;t have $1,000 in their savings account. Joe Biden&#8217;s inflation has also increased interest rates that has decimated savings and investments for people living paycheck to paycheck. These are the top issues that Americans are talking about. They&#8217;re not talking about legal challenges. They&#8217;re talking about their challenges across a kitchen table.&#8221;
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)

Tim Scott On Trump’s Legal Issues: Americans Care About Issues That Impact Them, Not Trump’s Court Battles

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Politics

Tim Scott

Former President Donald Trump named two people during an interview over the weekend when asked about who he is considering to be his vice presidential running mate.
Trump mentioned Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem when asked during a Sunday interview with Maria Bartiromo about who he was considering.
&#8220;Well, I have a lot of good people. We have a lot of really good people,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;I have a lot of good ideas, but I haven&#8217;t — and there&#8217;s no reason to do that quickly.&#8221;
He said that he would not make the decision for &#8220;a while,&#8221; adding that the top thing that he wants in his vice president is someone who would be a good president.
&#8220;I speak to everybody,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I called Tim Scott &#8230; and I said, &#8216;you&#8217;re a much better candidate for me than you are for yourself.&#8217; When I watched Tim, he was fine, he was good, but he was very low-key, et cetera, et cetera.&#8221;
&#8220;I watched him in the last week defending me and sticking up for me and fighting for me,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I said, man, I said, &#8216;you&#8217;re a much better person for me than you are for yourself&#8217;, because, for himself, he was low-key. For me, he&#8217;s been a real tiger. He&#8217;s been incredible. And others have too.&#8221;
Trump said that it &#8220;could be&#8221; Scott as he championed having received Scott&#8217;s endorsement before saying that getting an endorsement was a requirement for being selected.
&#8220;Kristi Noem has been incredible fighting for me,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;She said, I&#8217;d never run against him because I can&#8217;t beat him. That was a very nice thing to say.&#8221;
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Former President Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Rochester, New Hampshire

Trump Names Two People When Asked About Potential VP Candidates

2024 Election

Kristi Noem

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said during an interview over the weekend that former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley should drop out of the Republican Party presidential primary because former President Donald Trump dominates news coverage and because poll numbers show that Trump has a dominant lead over her.
Scott made the remarks during a Sunday ABC News interview with Martha Raddatz on &#8220;This Week&#8221; when asked by Raddatz why he believes that Haley should drop out.
&#8220;Well, there&#8217;s two things for sure,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Number one, Donald Trump gets more earned media, probably a billion dollars already, because of who he is and what&#8217;s going on around him, number one.&#8221;
&#8220;Number two, I think he was outspent in Iowa and New Hampshire by his opponents,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;One thing we know for sure, as this race turns to South Carolina, that the enthusiasm in South Carolina for the former president has never been higher. I&#8217;ve seen polls that suggest he&#8217;s up by 20 points. I would make a prediction that he wins by more than 20 percent in South Carolina.&#8221;
He said that the writing has been &#8220;clear on the wall&#8221; for months that &#8220;Republicans, conservatives, and a lot of independents&#8221; want &#8220;four more years of Donald Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;I will say, one of the things I found to be surprising and positive is that amongst millennial voters, President Trump won 58 to 38,&#8221; Scott later responded. &#8220;It was a 20-point gap among young voters. Among women voters, in New Hampshire, where liberal, Democrats and independents voted in the Republican primary, President Trump beat Nikki Haley among women.&#8221;
&#8220;So, when I think about the fact – when I think about the fact that African Americans, at the highest level in my lifetime, is looking at a Republican over 20 percent, Hispanics over 40 percent,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;This is a good time to be running as a Republican.&#8221;
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Former President Trump Holds Rally In Concord, New Hampshire

Tim Scott Gives Two Reasons Why He Says Nikki Haley Should Drop Out Of Race

Media

Nikki Haley

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> (R-SC) definitely got everyone&#8217;s attention when he announced that he had proposed to his girlfriend of a year, Mindy Noce, and &#8220;she said yes.&#8221;
In the now viral post on <a href="https://x.com/votetimscott/status/1749265172789641363?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, the prior <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4420881-sen-tim-scott-engaged-to-be-married/">GOP presidential hopeful</a> shared two pictures taken at South Carolina&#8217;s Kiawah Island after he got down on one knee during a beach walk at sunset and asked Noce if she would marry him. 
&#8220;She said YES,&#8221; Scott wrote on <a href="https://twitter.com/votetimscott/status/1749265172789641363?s=46&amp;t=o-U3qwC25WnWaylJ0oeG7Q">X</a>. &#8220;Mindy, thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world.&#8221;
He then included a Bible verse from Proverbs 18:22 which read, &#8220;He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.&#8221;
Speaking about the engagement, Scott told the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/01/21/tim-scott-engaged-vp-trump/">Washington Post</a>, &#8220;As a guy who is mostly an introvert and on the quiet side, having to have a conversation about the engagement is a little, you know, uncomfortable in a way, but it&#8217;s the most exciting thing I&#8217;lll do with my life besides making Jesus my Lord.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ve been very patient and prayerful, and I&#8217;m really excited and somewhat nervous, and I couldn&#8217;t be more thankful for having found a soul mate and someone who shares a lot of the same interests, passions and goals that I do,&#8221; he added.
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Mindy, thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world.
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Scott and Noce started dating a year ago after meeting through a Bible study at their church, <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4420881-sen-tim-scott-engaged-to-be-married/">The Hill</a> reported.
The senator&#8217;s relationship status became a focal point of the 2024 Election after Scott threw his hat in the ring for the presidency, with people noting that he would be the first unmarried president in at least a century, The Hill noted.
At the time, he would only talk about the &#8220;<a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4208915-tim-scott-im-dating-a-lovely-christian-girl/">lovely Christian girl</a>,&#8221; he was dating without naming her. Two months later, she finally joined him on stage during a presidential debate in November.
Scott later dropped out of the race and has since endorsed former President Donald Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination.  Speculation recently surfaced that Scott could be named Trump&#8217;s Vice President, the outlet noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-trump-needs-to-comport-himself-in-a-way-that-is-consistent-with-the-highest-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott: Trump Needs To &#8216;Comport&#8217; Himself &#8216;In A Way That Is Consistent With The Highest Office&#8217;</a>

‘She Said Yes’: Sen. Tim Scott Proposes To Girlfriend

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Republicans

Senator

Senator <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" data-sk="tooltip_parent">Tim Scott</a> (R-SC) pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday over a report that said federal officials instructed banks to turn over customer data of transactions flagged with terms like “TRUMP” or “MAGA.”
Scott’s letter came after documents obtained by the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government showed that the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) had flagged the terms as part of its investigation related to the January 6 riot. Banks were also told to look at transactions involving the purchase of religious texts and outdoor sporting goods stores like Cabela’s. 
“These allegations, if true, represent a flagrant violation of Americans’ privacy and the improper targeting of U.S. citizens for exercising their constitutional rights without due process,” Scott, the ranking member of the Senate Banking Committee, <a href="https://www.banking.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/rmscottlettertofincen11924.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. 
FinCEN reportedly asked banks to help federal law enforcement identify transactions of persons of interest using specific typologies and Merchant Category Codes after January 6, 2021. The letter was also sent to FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki.
In the letter, Scott asked Yellen if the Treasury Department had any role in soliciting private financial data from the banks and whether it was directed to do so by the FBI or the Justice Department. Scott also asked Yellen about what religious texts were seen as indicative of extremism and why sporting goods store shoppers were targeted in the federal investigation. 
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“These allegations are particularly concerning given past efforts to weaponize the financial system and payment activity against politically disfavored, lawful activity. Under the Obama- administration’s ‘Operation Choke Point’ initiative, the Department of Justice (DOJ) coordinated with federal financial regulators to intimidate financial institutions into denying services to legitimate businesses that the administration was ideologically opposed to, including gun retailers,” Scott said. 
On Thursday, House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-flagged-terms-like-trump-maga-for-banks-to-comb-through-customer-data-jordan-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">requested an interview</a> with Noah Bishoff, the former director of the Office of Stakeholder Integration and Engagement in the Strategic Operations Division of FinCEN, to discuss the report. 
The letter asks Bishoff to be prepared to speak to lawmakers about what safeguards FinCEN has in place to safeguard constitutional liberties, the government’s use of private financial information, and coordination between FinCEN and the private sector.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Holds Meeting Of The Financial Stability Oversight Council

Tim Scott Presses Treasury Secretary Over Flagging Of ‘Trump,’ ‘MAGA’ Transactions

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January 6

MAGA

Treasury Department

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said during an interview over the weekend that former President Donald Trump needed to act more professional on the campaign trail as he tries to retake the White House.
Scott, who dropped out of the presidential race before any voting happened because he failed to gain traction with voters, made the remarks during a Sunday interview with Dana Bash on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union.&#8221;
&#8220;Senator, Donald Trump is launching some pretty personal attacks against Nikki Haley, who I know you have known for a very long time,&#8221; Bash said. &#8220;He suggested she is ineligible to be president, even though she is. She was born in your home state of South Carolina. He repeatedly mocked her given first name, Nimarata, even though she has gone by her middle name, Nikki, her whole life.&#8221;
&#8220;Would you rather that the man you endorse not use terms like Nimarata — names like Nimarata, seeming to try to make a point to his supporters?&#8221; she later asked.
&#8220;Well, I would like for all politicians to comport themselves in a way that is consistent with the highest office,&#8221; Scott responded. &#8220;On the campaign trail, people say things, and, interestingly enough, then, after the campaign is over, everybody unites. What we need in the Republican Party is to start uniting behind one candidate. That candidate is only going to be Donald Trump.&#8221;
&#8220;So, when we&#8217;re thinking about what&#8217;s next, it shouldn&#8217;t be attacks against each other,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We should turn our attention to Joe Biden and to the American people and what they want. They want a better future. They want another American century. They want hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs across this nation.&#8221;
&#8220;When we start talking about the underlying issues and the principles that undergird human flourishing and what makes America the most exceptional country on the planet, then we&#8217;re having a conversation,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;That won&#8217;t happen until we get to the general election. That should start right now.&#8221;
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Tim Scott: Trump Needs To ‘Comport’ Himself ‘In A Way That Is Consistent With The Highest Office’

State of the Union

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> (R-SC) on Sunday painted President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> as the commander in chief who propagates &#8220;grievance&#8221; and &#8220;victimhood&#8221; fresh off <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-tim-scott-endorses-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsing</a> former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> in the 2024 White House race.
CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash pressed Scott on &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; to answer for his rallying call during his own presidential run, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-ends-presidential-campaign" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ended</a> in November, when he <a href="https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=9bd263eccc2b4ed88a553f1ca8901dd5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> supporters whether they wanted &#8220;victimhood or victory&#8221; as well as &#8220;grievance or greatness.&#8221; Scott rejected Bash&#8217;s suggestion that he was alluding to Trump.
&#8220;I&#8217;m actually talking about how Joe Biden has destroyed our economy and made victims out of people waiting for the government to show up,&#8221; Scott said. Scott added that he was talking about having a president who is &#8220;weaponizing&#8221; the Department of Justice (DOJ) against &#8220;political adversaries.&#8221;
Trump is facing multiple criminal cases, civil litigation, and ballot access challenges as he runs for a second term. Two of the criminal cases, one focused on the 2020 election and the second on Trump&#8217;s handling of classified documents after leaving office, are led by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump broadly denies any wrongdoing and claims he is the victim of a partisan &#8220;witch hunt.&#8221;
&#8220;We need Lady Justice wearing a blindfold. I want America, every single American in every corridor of this nation to have confidence in their DOJ, not a Biden-led DOJ,&#8221; Scott said.
&#8220;I want every child growing up in poverty, like I did, to have access to quality education. Unfortunately, the Democrats have sold their souls to the teachers unions, trapping poor black kids in inner cities into failing schools and out of their best future,&#8221; added Scott, who is black.
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&#8220;I want a nation where every child looks into the future and says, the American Dream works for me,&#8221; Scott continued. &#8220;I was that kid. And so when I think about bringing this country together, not under grievance, but over greatness, not being victims, but being victorious, I am talking about the future of this nation &#8230; and politicians who get in the way of that,&#8221; he added.
Bash tried again, asking Scott whether he did not see any &#8220;grievance&#8221; in Trump&#8217;s latest campaign.
As part of his reply, Scott said, &#8220;When you look at the challenges he faced, there&#8217;s no doubt that he has been aggrieved. The question is, what are the American voters looking for? Here&#8217;s what they&#8217;re looking for. They&#8217;re looking for a president who represents their best future, and not his. That president is not Joe Biden. It is Donald Trump.&#8221;

Tim Scott Says Biden ‘Made Victims’ In Need Of Govt Support, Decries ‘Weaponizing’ DOJ Against Trump

Tim Scott Says Biden 'Made Victims' In Need Of Govt Support, Decries 'Weaponizing' DOJ Against Trump

Joe Biden

Republican Primary

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tim-scott" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tim Scott</a> (R-SC) endorsed former President Donald Trump on the campaign trail Friday night in New Hampshire ahead of the primary in the state next week.
&#8220;We need a president who will close our southern border today,&#8221; Scott told the crowd. &#8220;We need Donald Trump. We need a president who will unite our country. We need Donald Trump. We need a president who will protect your Social Security and my mama&#8217;s Social Security. We need Donald Trump, who will stop the crime and recklessness in the streets. We need a president who will restore law and order. We need a president who will lower taxes and not raise our taxes.&#8221;
&#8220;We need a president who understands the American people are sick and tired of being sick and tired,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We need a president our foreign adversaries are afraid of and our allies respect. We need a president who doesn&#8217;t see black or white.&#8221;
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Scott&#8217;s endorsement of Trump comes about two months after he end his own presidential campaign, during which he made the pitch that he would be able to bring the country together and contrasted that with frontrunner Trump, who he <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/sen-tim-scott-says-trump-isnt-electable-2024-dont-think-can-win-rcna121827">suggested</a> would not be able to win over states like Georgia and Pennsylvania. But after failing to gain enough traction in the polls, the senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-scott-ends-presidential-campaign">suspended</a> his campaign in mid-November. Scott has been among the list of names that some have <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-scott-trump-endorsement-new-hampshire-primary-2024/">speculated</a> might be on Trump&#8217;s shortlist as a vice presidential pick.
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The senator&#8217;s endorsement of Trump has been <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/new-hampshire-gop-contest-narrows-into-heated-trump-vs-haley-duel-d6d42e3c">perceived</a> as a snub to presidential candidate Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, who appointed him to the U.S. Senate in 2013 to fill a vacancy.
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, who endorsed Haley ahead of his state&#8217;s primary, downplayed the importance of Scott&#8217;s endorsement, saying, “If anyone cared about Tim Scott, he’d still be running for president. Nobody cares.” Haley&#8217;s campaign has also <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tim-scott-trump-endorsement-new-hampshire-primary-2024/">dismissed</a> the endorsement, a spokesperson portraying it as Trump joining with &#8220;Washington insiders.&#8221;
The latest polling from New Hampshire shows Haley running <a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/trump-slightly-increases-lead-over-haley-in-nh-according-to-latest-polling/3251887/">second</a> to Trump in the state but performing far better than she did in Iowa, where she finished third, two points behind Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump won Iowa by 30 points, garnering <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-projected-to-win-iowa-caucuses">51% of the vote</a>. The most recent poll out of New Hampshire shows Trump holding about a 17-point lead over Haley.

Sen. Tim Scott Endorses Trump

Elections

New Hampshire

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) officially ended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday night after failing to gain traction with GOP primary voters.
Scott made the announcement during an interview with former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) on Fox News.
&#8220;When I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;I am suspending my campaign. I think the voters, who are the most remarkable people on the planet, have been really clear that they&#8217;re telling me, &#8216;not now, Tim.'&#8221;
&#8220;Romans 8:28 is such an important scripture, it says that &#8216;all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose,'&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;I think the message is clear for me right now, I am indeed suspending the campaign.&#8221;
He said that he has no plans to endorse any of the other Republican candidates.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to recommend that the voters study each candidate and their candidacies and frankly their past and make the best decision for the future of the country,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;The best way for me to be helpful is to not weigh in on who they should endorse.&#8221;
He suggested that he does have political ambitions moving forward and could run again for president again in the future.
Gowdy was shocked by the announcement, as was Scott&#8217;s campaign staff.
&#8220;A senior staffer tells me on the condition of anonymity that this is incredibly frustrating for staffers,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/MegKinnardAP/status/1723906970850095589">said</a> Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard. &#8220;A large portion of the SC team had been sent to Iowa in the last month &#8211; and now they have to find a way to get them back tomorrow. The staffer added they had been operating as though he still planned to win, and were blindsided by Tim Scott&#8217;s announcement on Fox News.&#8221;
Multiple Republican candidates have dropped out in recent weeks, including former Vice President Mike Pence, former Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, and several lesser-known candidates.
There have been increasing calls in recent days for North Dakota Governor Burgum and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson to drop since neither qualified for the most recent Republican presidential debate.
This report has been updated to include additional information.

Sen. Tim Scott

Tim Scott Ends Presidential Campaign

2024 Primaries

Republican

The five Republican presidential candidates who participated in Wednesday night&#8217;s third GOP primary debate weighed in on where they stood on the issue of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> after elections earlier this week in some states potentially showed mix results on the issue.
The candidates were asked during the second half of the debate in Miami about what they see the path forward being on the issue of abortion.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was the first to get asked the question, and he responded initially by telling a story.
&#8220;I’m reminded of a story about a young mother who was struggling in Jamaica about 40 years ago, 45 years ago,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She was counseled to not have a baby because she was poor, baby wouldn’t have opportunity, and she came close to having an abortion, but she decided to have the baby, born poor in Jamaica. And the reason I know that story is because that baby girl ended up immigrating to the state of Florida, becoming a lawyer and a judge, and I appointed her to the Florida Supreme Court in August of 2022.&#8221;
He said that it was important to protect life and that the country was &#8220;better off when we can promote a culture of life.&#8221;
&#8220;Texas is not going to do it the same as New Hampshire. Iowa’s not necessarily going to do it the same as Virginia. So you got to work from the bottom up. You got to do a better job on these referenda. I think of all the stuff that’s happened to the pro-life cause, they have been caught flatfooted on these referenda and they have been losing the referenda,&#8221; he added. &#8220;A lot of the people who are voting for the referenda are Republicans who would vote for a Republican candidate. So you got to understand how to do that. But let’s just be clear, the Democrats have taken a position, they will not identify the point at which there should be any protection all the way up until birth. That is wrong and we cannot stand for that.&#8221;
Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who was the next to answer the question, said that this was &#8220;a personal issue for every woman and every man&#8221; and that she was &#8220;unapologetically pro-life.&#8221;
&#8220;When you look post-Roe, a wrong was made right. They took it out of the hands of unelected justices and they put it in the hands of the people, and now we’re seeing states vote,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And what I’ll tell you is as much as I’m pro-life, I don’t judge anyone for being pro-choice and I don’t want them to judge me for being pro-life. So when we’re looking at this, there are some states that are going more on the pro-life side. I welcome that. There’s some states that are going more on the pro-choice side. I wish that wasn’t the case, but the people decided.&#8221;
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She said that when it comes to federal law, there was going to be no way to get 60 Senators on board with signing any kind of abortion ban, so it was pointless to talk about.
She said that it was important to &#8220;find consensus&#8221; and that there was no &#8220;need to divide America over this issue anymore.&#8221;
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said that he was &#8220;a hundred percent pro-life&#8221; and that he had a strong record on the issue and that he would be willing to sign a 15-week abortion ban if elected president.
&#8220;I would not allow states like California, Illinois, or New York to have abortion up until the day of birth,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We need a 15-week federal limit. Three out of four Americans agree with a 15-week limit, 47 out of 50 countries in Europe agree with a 15-week limit.&#8221;
He also talked about wanting to fund crisis pregnancy centers and the importance of supporting adoption.
Vivek Ramaswamy took a shot at Haley over her response, saying that he wanted to give credit to Scott for stating where he stands on the issue and not giving an answer based on &#8220;political calculus.&#8221;
&#8220;It was my home state of Ohio, I’m upset about this, yesterday that passed a constitutional amendment that now effectively codifies a right to abortion all the way up to the time of birth without parental consent. Why? It’s back to that Republican culture of losing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The Republicans did not have an alternative amendment or vision on the table. I know Ohio. I was born, raised, and I live there. It’s representative of the country. If, in the state of Ohio, we talked about access to contraception, adoption, and also here’s the missing ingredient in this movement, sexual responsibility for men. We live in an era of reliable genetic paternity tests that are a hundred percent reliable. So we can say men deserve more responsibility. So we can tell women, &#8216;We’re all in this together.&#8217; It’s not men’s rights versus women’s rights, it’s about human rights.&#8221;
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that the issue of abortion should be decided at a state-level and not by the federal government.
&#8220;The bigger issue is, and Tim began to touch on this, we’re not pro-life for the whole life,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To be pro-life for the whole life means that the life of a 16-year-old drug addict on the floor of the county lockup is precious and we should get treatment for her to restore her life. The 52-year-old who’s drug addicted should make sure that any of his children who he’s passed that addiction on to are treated well, too. Pro-life is not just in the womb, Kirsten, it’s for the whole life.&#8221;
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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) disputed a live-on-air fact check from NBC News co-moderator Lester Holt during Wednesday night&#8217;s third Republican presidential debate in Miami.
Holt had asked Scott what he could do as president that would help immediately lower prices for everyday items that are weighing down America&#8217;s families.
“America is the home to more energy resources than any other country on the planet,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;We can reduce the price of energy, we can reduce the price of food and the price of electricity if we focus on my ‘build here, don’t borrow from China’ plan that is embedded, the made in America strategy creates 10 million new jobs in three different areas. One is innovation. Second is the high tech manufacturing. And the third is the energy economy. We have an opportunity as Americans to actually export the surplus energy that we create in our nation and disconnect from China and from murderous dictators and tyrants.”
Holt interjected to tell Scott that his time was up but then fact checked Scott&#8217;s remarks.
“The idea of pumping gas, of turning on pipelines, that doesn’t make gas cheaper that day,” Holt said. “I’m talking about when you become president what can you do specifically to help people feel better about their situation, or be better with their situation.”
&#8220;Well, actually it does, to be honest with you,&#8221; Scott fired back. &#8220;The way that the economy works is it works on the ability to anticipate excess supply versus the demand. When that happens, confidence drives our prices down because we know there’s going to be a greater surplus. When you allow for those who have leases to actually start drilling, to start using those leases for more energy excavation, you put our economy in the strongest position and, as a result of that, prices start going down.&#8221;
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The five presidential candidates who attended the third Republican debate in Miami were asked to give their positions on banning <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a>, an app controlled by China&#8217;s communist government.
The candidates were asked their positions on the matter in response to the app being flooded with pro-Hamas propaganda after the unprecedented terrorist attack last month in which the terror group murdered 1,400 Israelis.
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie called TikTok &#8220;spyware,&#8221; saying that it was &#8220;polluting the minds of American young people all throughout this country.&#8221;
&#8220;And they&#8217;re doing it intentionally,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And when you saw what happened in the last few weeks, with all of this anti-Semitic, horrible stuff that their algorithms were pushing out at a gargantuan rate — this is China trying to further divide the United States of America. And this is one of the big failings, among many, of the Trump administration. He talked tough about TikTok. I heard him do it many times. But when it came down to it, he did not ban them when he could have and should have. And now since then, we&#8217;ve had an additional, nearly six years of this type of poison being put out throughout the United States, even putting aside the spying, which we know is going on, and the theft of American personal data and information.&#8221;
He said that if he was president he would ban TikTok during his first week in office.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis agreed, saying that China was the &#8220;top threat&#8221; that the U.S. faces and that &#8220;they&#8217;ve been very effective at infiltrating different parts of our society.&#8221;
&#8220;So my policy on China and the Chinese Communist Party is very simple: we win, they lose,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And in order to do that, it&#8217;s not just military, it&#8217;s economic and it&#8217;s cultural. And as the dad of a six, five, and a three-year-old, I&#8217;m concerned about the data that they&#8217;re getting from our young people, and what they&#8217;re doing to pollute the minds of our young people. These kids get these devices, and they have a mind of their own.&#8221;
DeSantis said that winning the culture war against China was critical to being able to beat them militarily and economically.
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When former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley was asked to respond, she instead attacked DeSantis over what she claimed was his record on dealing with China. DeSantis strongly pushed back on her assertions.
Pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy took a swipe at Haley once he was asked to answer the question, saying, &#8220;I want to laugh at why Nikki Haley didn&#8217;t answer your question, which was about looking at families in the eye.&#8221;
Haley and Ramaswamy ended up getting into an intense back-and-forth that resulted in Haley <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nikki-haley-explodes-at-vivek-ramaswamy-during-debate-youre-just-scum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calling</a> Ramaswamy &#8220;scum.&#8221;
Ramaswamy later did answer the question and suggested that the app should be banned and said that U.S. companies should be banned from transferring data to the Chinese.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said, &#8220;What we should do is ban TikTok, period.&#8221;
&#8220;If you cannot ban TikTok, you should eliminate the Chinese presence on the app, period,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We also should provide — in my parents Bill of Rights, we give parents the opportunity to give their kids permission under 14 to be on those apps. I think it&#8217;s incredibly important for us as Americans to take back control of the information, especially of our kids. Where does it go? We should know that. One of the ways that we get to know that is by having a parental consent. But if we can eliminate TikTok, that is a first step.&#8221;
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