ABC NEWS
The 57-year-old senator is holding the official announcement event inside the Buccaneer Fieldhouse on Monday morning at his alma mater, Charleston Southern University, speaking enthusiastically in front of a backdrop of supporters, his name and campaign slogan, “Faith in America.”
“We live in the land where it is possible for a kid raised in poverty by a single mother in a small apartment to one day serve in the People’s House and maybe even the White House,” Scott said, after speaking several minutes off-the-cuff.
“When I cut your taxes, they called me a prop. When I re-funded the police, they called me a token. When I pushed back on President Biden, they even called me the N-word,” he is expected to say. “I disrupt their narrative. I threaten their control. The truth of my life disproves their lies.”
[I’m excited to see Scott enter the race for these reasons. I don’t think the GOP is temperamentally oriented to picking a nominee from the Senate in its current populist mood. That doesn’t mean Scott can’t contribute to a positive debate and challenge to the Democrats. He has a good chance of being on the ticket in one way or another. — Ed]
