Tag Archives: Tim Scott

The Huffington Post reports: Senate Republicans aren’t on board with the tax and spending cuts their House counterparts passed Thursday. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said his conference would seek changes to the tax side of the bill and the Medicaid side as well. “We want to do things that are meaningful in terms of reforming programs, strengthening programs, …

The South Carolina State reports: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is now a married man. The lifelong bachelor on Saturday married Charleston-area interior designer Mindy Noce in a private ceremony at Seacoast Church in Mount Pleasant. “Tonight, we promised to cherish and nourish each other and our marriage for the rest of our lives,” Scott said in a post on X. …

“Our God still saves. He still delivers, and he still sets free. Because on Saturday, the devil came to Pennsylvania holding a rifle. “But an American lion got back up on his feet, and he roared! He roared! If you didn’t believe in miracles before Saturday, you better be believing right now. “You see, America, this is a difficult time …

Bloomberg News reports: Few politicians know how to win over a billionaire like Tim Scott does. An event Wednesday in Washington will test whether he can leverage that clout to become Donald Trump’s running mate. The policy summit-cum-fundraiser on the Juneteenth holiday will include some of the world’s wealthiest people: Citadel’s Ken Griffin, Apollo’s Marc Rowan, Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman …

Mediaite reports: Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) repeatedly ducked when Dana Bash confronted him about Trump’s claim that he “nearly escaped death” during the 2023 FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago. Scott, in response, said, “I saw the video of the SWAT team from the FBI raiding Mar-A-Lago. I have not seen the same video of them raiding Joe Biden’s garage, so I’d …

“The truth of the matter is you saw the State of the Union and you watched that performance. It was surreal. There was something going on and if we can find the truth of what it was, we are all better off. “Because if it takes artificial stimulation to make the president of the United States perform, how often can …

Mediaite reports: Seantor Tim Scott (R-SC) — during an interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker — repeatedly refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election. In what was an utterly surreal exchange on Sunday’s Meet the Press, Welker tried, and tried, and tried again to get the South Carolina senator to say he will accept the results of …

“Well, let me tell you what: If there’s anyone paying attention to the details in 2024, it’s Donald Trump. Who is now running, co-running the RNC? Lara Trump. Why? Because he understands that the devil’s in the details, so he puts his brilliant daughter-in-law in charge of our RNC apparatus so that all that Reince talked about, wise, wise man …

The Independent reports: South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the former Republican presidential candidate turned energetic Donald Trump cheerleader, has called on the front-runner’s challenger Nikki Haley to suspend her campaign ahead of this weekend’s Palmetto State primary, saying he senses “desperation” around her and that she cannot win in the state she once served as governor. In the same interview …

The Hill reports: Sen. Tim Scott on Sunday dismissed former President Trump’s recent remarks on NATO and his silence on the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, instead touting that he believed the former president made the world “safer” during his White House term. Pressed on Sunday by CNN’s “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper on why Trump …

“They are vile and disgusting comments coming from the far-left. Sean, the most racist in the country are liberals. The bigotry that comes from the far radical left, it’s just normal these days. Why? Because they’re trying not just to attack me, but they’re trying to make sure that any other minority who will think for themselves and consider the …

The Daily Mail reports: The murky financial past of GOP dropout Tim Scott’s new girlfriend has been laid bare in court papers unearthed exclusively by DailyMail.com. Mindy Noce, 47, was accused of helping tech entrepreneur ex-husband Peter ‘Jay’ Noce create shell companies to hide their assets and avoid liability over a $1.2 million deal gone wrong, according to documents filed …

The Washington Post reports: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), a former presidential candidate and possible Republican vice-presidential nominee, proposed to his girlfriend, Mindy Noce, Saturday evening at the beach in Kiawah Island in South Carolina. She said yes. “As a guy who is mostly an introvert and on the quiet side, having to have a conversation about the engagement is a …

The New York Times reports: Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina will endorse Donald J. Trump on Friday evening at a rally in New Hampshire, according to two people briefed on the matter. Mr. Scott was traveling to Florida on Friday so that he could fly with Mr. Trump to New Hampshire for the rally, the two people said. His …

USA Today reports: Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. announced Sunday that he is suspending his 2024 presidential campaign, less than a week after the third GOP primary debate. Scott made the announcement to Fox News’ Trey Gowdy, his fellow South Carolinian who also served in Congress. Scott on Sunday referenced a passage from the Bible, Romans 8:28, saying “All things work …

USA Today reports: Tim Scott had a very special guest at Wednesday’s Republican presidential primary debate: His girlfriend. A campaign statement said the woman who greeted Scott onstage after the debate and posed for a picture with him “is his girlfriend Mindy.” The mystery woman was later identified as Mindy Noce, a design and renovations manager in Charleston, S.C. Scott’s …

CBS News reports: Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina has secured his spot in the third GOP presidential debate in Miami next week, announcing that he has met the final requirement — gathering enough individual donations needed to qualify for the event, his campaign announced. Expected to join the senator on Nov. 8 will be Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former …

NBC News reports: Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Donald Trump doesn’t have what it takes to win a general election, the sharpest jab he has thrown at the former president and a clear rebuke of the electability of Trump, who continues to lead the 2024 Republican primary field. Scott made the remark Monday night in response to a question from …

NBC News reports: The super PAC backing Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign is pulling the TV ad reservations it had made for the fall, the group announced in a memo to donors obtained by NBC News. “Starting today, we are going to release all of our Fall media inventory,” Trust in the Mission PAC co-chair Rob Collins wrote in the …

The Nevada Current reports: Former vice-president Mike Pence and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott have filed to compete in Nevada’s Feb. 6 state-run presidential primary. Pence filed Thursday, and Scott filed Friday. Under legislation enacted in 2021, the state is required to hold presidential primaries. The Nevada State Republican Party has opposed the primary, and earlier this year announced it …