Tim Scott confirms he’s on the Trump 2024 train
Except … Tim Scott isn’t running for president in 2024. Or, at least, he’s not running for president if Trump decides to run again.
Scott’s decision to fall in line with Trump is in keeping with the general strategy of other Republicans mentioned as possible 2024 candidates.
This support-Trump stance is rightly read as a function of the current moment in Republican politics.
Scott, then, is simply reacting to political reality. Suggesting that he might not endorse Trump in 2024 — or, even worse, run against the former president — would undoubtedly catch Trump’s always-watching eye and open the South Carolina Republican to criticism from within the Trump-loyal wing of the GOP. (That wing, incidentally, is virtually the entirety of the Republican Party at this point.)
Plus, if Trump does run, there’s almost no way that he doesn’t win the Republican nomination. Such is his domination over the GOP. Given that, endorsing the guy who a) is giving every indication he is going to run and b) is the presumptive favorite to be the party’s nominee if he runs is a no-brainer for pols like Scott who want to make sure they…
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