Former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign rival, Sen. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina), endorsed the 45th president Friday night at an event in New Hampshire. Nikki Haley (R-South Carolina), who first appointed Scott to the U.S. Senate in 2012.
Mr. Scott enthusiastically expressed his support for Mr. Trump at an event in Concord, New Hampshire.
south carolina state senator @votetimscott I support Donald J. Trump as presidential candidate! pic.twitter.com/9ehXhLFaSH
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 20, 2024
By the end of his remarks, Scott engaged Trump supporters and forced them to finish his sentence by saying the former president's name.
We need a president who closes the southern border today. We need Donald Trump. We need a president who will unite the country. We need Donald Trump. We need a president who will protect your Social Security and your mother's Social Security. We need Donald Trump. We need a president now who will stop crime and recklessness on our streets. We need a president who will restore law and order. We need Donald Trump. We need a president who will cut taxes, not raise them. We need a president like Donald Trump.
We need a president who understands that the American people are tired of being fed up. [Donald Trump]. We need a president that our foreign enemies fear and our allies respect. [Donald Trump]. Look, we need a president who doesn't know whether it's black or white. We see a president who sees Americans as one American family. [Donald Trump]. That's why I came to the very warm state of New Hampshire to support the next president of these United States, President Donald Trump.
Following his endorsement, President Trump called Tim Scott “a very, very good man and a very well-respected man” and thanked him for traveling from Washington, D.C., to the Granite State.
“It means a lot to have his support. We have a huge amount of support. They're flooding in right now, but Tim's presence is very important,” he added.
The 45th party currently consists of about 20 U.S. senators, Scott, Gov. Doug Burgum (R-North Dakota), 38-year-old entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, radio host Larry Elder, and business leaders. He has the support of five 2024 Republican presidential candidates, including House of Representatives Perry Johnson. .
“It's time for the Republican Party to come together, we have to come together. We have to go after the crazy people we're dealing with,” President Trump said Friday.
“Instead of wasting hundreds of millions of dollars attacking Trump and others, we need to come together and focus our efforts on defeating the worst president, crooked Joe Biden.” he added.
President Donald Trump and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in Bedminster, New Jersey, August 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martínez Monsivais)
President Trump said, “Haley is trying to get liberals and Biden supporters to vote for her in the Republican primary by RINOs, Never Trumpers, Prosperity 'No' Americans…globalists and radical left communists. He has formed an unholy alliance with.”
If the polls are correct, Haley would be Trump's front-runner in the Granite State. appointed Scott was sworn into the Senate in 2012 when former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) left behind his legacy as head of the Heritage Foundation.
However, during the primaries, relations between the two appeared to deteriorate, ABC News reported. Focus on it Haley “made the first move” at the Republican debate in late September.
“She drew blood first,” Scott told Fox News' Neil Kabuto. For each outlet, “She started by making it personal. Frankly, I didn't have any negative comments about her.”
