Tim Scott set to appear at event with major GOP donors

Sen. Tim Scott (R.S.C.) is expected to attend a political event in June with several large political donors, amid speculation over whether he will be nominated as former President Trump’s running mate. It is being

Scott is a featured speaker at a June 19 event in Washington, D.C., to raise money for policy advocacy group Great Opportunity Policy, a person familiar with the matter told The Times. – Confirmed to Hill.

According to an event invitation obtained by The Hill, he will be working with billionaire investor Bill Ackman, Citadel CEO and Republican megadonor Ken Griffin, and former senior adviser to President Trump Kellyanne Conway. He and other speakers are also expected to participate.

Other speakers include Marc Rowan of Apollo Global Management, who has ties to former Trump adviser Jared Kushner, and Tim Dunn, co-founder of CrownQuest Operating LLC, according to the invitation. included.

Scott’s event appearancefirst reported Last week, the New York Times highlighted a potential effort to demonstrate his ties to major Republican donors and how he could boost Trump’s election. Scott, a ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, has ties to deep-pocketed donors that became public last year when he was suspended from running for the Republican presidential nomination. Ta.

According to OpenSecrets, Mr. Griffin was the second-largest political donor in the most recent election cycle, giving nearly $60 million to various campaigns, including ending his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. That includes $5 million to former South Carolina forward Nikki Haley.

Mr. Andreessen donated more than $11 million last year to three affiliated super PACs supporting Republican and Democratic candidates. According to OpenSecrets and Bloomberg. According to Bloomberg, Mr. Dunn has donated more than $6.5 million to federal campaigns, including $5 million to a super PAC allied with Mr. Trump, and Mr. Rowan supports Congressional Republicans. He added that he had donated about $2 million to a super PAC that

Mr. Ackman reportedly donated about $1 million to Rep. Dean Phillips’ Democratic challenge to President Biden earlier this year, but Mr. Phillips has since resigned.Ackman confirmed last year He said he would not vote for Biden and voted for Trump in 2016.

Scott said earlier this month that Trump did not bring up the possibility of him being his running mate at a private event at Mar-a-Lago attended by top Republican donors and prominent leaders.

Scott declined to say directly whether he thought he was on the shortlist.

“I hope the president chooses someone who will help the country unite and heal,” Scott said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “Certainly we expect a decision from President Trump within the next 60 days, but the president didn’t mention it. Certainly I didn’t bring it up.”

Other candidates on Trump’s shortlist for vice president include North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio), House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (New York), and Sen. Marco Rubio. They include Congressman Byron Donald (Florida). (Florida).