Conservative audiences love Tim Scott’s argument that it’s Biden and the left who are depriving Black and low-income Americans of opportunities
Photo: Meg Kinnard/AP’s career, you probably know he leans on his up-from-poverty life story pretty heavily in talking about his political philosophy. He does so not just to express pride in his and his family’s accomplishments but also to repudiate the idea that government is the solution to the problems facing Black low-income Americans like himself. As his presidential
in South Charleston on Monday made clear, the 57-year-old, who is serving his second full Senate term, intends to make his autobiography the centerpiece of his 2024 presidential bid.and the “radical left” that allegedly controls him, Scott argues that “the truth of my life disproves their lies,” particularly any claim that America needs to deal with racism or the legacy of racism.
Scott’s own agenda for turning the country around is a combination of a couple of conservative flavor-of-the-month proposals — using the U.S. military to destroy drug cartels in Mexico and then shut down the border and making assaults on police officers a federal crime — with very standard-brand right-of-center ideas from the 20th century, notably tax incentives for inner-city investment and private-school vouchers.
It’s this very retro Reagan-Bush messaging, along with Scott’s ebullient, church-influenced speaking style, that leads so many of his allies to refer to him as “sunny” and “optimistic” and even “bipartisan” . He doesn’t use the wordScott’s implicit pitch to Republicans beyond his unique ability to absolve conservatives of racism is superior electability, based not on any data but on his claim that he can get a hearing where other Republicans simply cannot.
When it comes to Scott’s actual campaign strategy, it’s been clear for a while that this very churchy pol is going to compete with his rivals for the allegiance of
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