Former presidential candidate Senator Tim Scott recently spelled out his reasons why he handed his endorsement to frontrunner Donald Trump this week.
Over the last month, Republican presidential candidates like Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis have made back-to-back withdrawals from the race, especially in light of Trump’s impressive showings in the Iowa caucuses and, most recently, the New Hampshire primaries.
Now, these former candidates are beginning to release word of who they’re backing among the remaining candidates — Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.
Once DeSantis suspended his campaign, he shared that he’d also be supporting Trump. Scott and Ramaswamy were seen on stage accompanying Trump during his victory speech following the New Hampshire primaries — a clear indication of their support for the embattled businessman.
Scott even hijacked the mic during Trump’s remarks to tell him face-to-face, “I just love you,” after Trump suggested that he must “hate” Haley.
Although Scott was appointed to the Senate by Haley during her time as governor, he told Fox News Digital why he is backing Trump this election cycle.
“It came down to a simple question: who guarantees us the best future for the average American who starts where I started?” Scott told Fox News Digital in New Hampshire. “I started as a poor kid living in really devastated neighborhoods. I asked myself, the Reagan revolution that transformed my opportunities, who’s best suited for the kids today, living in similar situations, to have that kind of Reagan revolution?”
What is the Reagan Revolution?
Scott is referring to the presidential tenure of Ronald Reagan, which most famously featured his introduction of “Reaganomics,” a term pointing to Reagan’s economic policies that were carried out in the 1980s during a period of high inflation and unemployment. Reagan’s administration…
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