Can the politician’s Reagan-esque optimism and rightwing principles convince the GOP to pick its first Black presidential candidate?
Perhaps Scott’s greatest challenge at this early stage will be distinguishing himself from the other Republican presidential candidates.
“Unless your name is Donald Trump, you’re running for vice-president,” Steele said. “Until shown otherwise, that they’re willing to take this man down and willing to really press the point that he is wholly incompetent and too politically damaged to be the nominee of the party again, everybody’s running for something other than the current presidential race.
“I think it’s going to be pretty heavy lifting for Senator Tim Scott, or really any other candidate aside from Donald Trump, to gain a lot of loyalty from white evangelical voters,” said Melissa Deckman, CEO of PRRI.
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