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| Historic Candidate: Tim Scott Would Be America's First Black President |
| 2023-05-26 |
| [Free Beacon] What happened: Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.) officially launched his 2024 presidential campaign on Monday. What it means: Scott is a historic candidate. He would be the first black president in American history, and the first president of color whose ancestors were brought to the United States as slaves. • The senator's backstory is probably the most inspiring of any U.S. politician. Raised in poverty by a single mother who worked 16-hour days to support her family, Scott achieved political success in a former Confederate state before becoming the first black politician to represent a southern state in the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction. Context: Barack Obama, the Netflix producer and former president of the United States, was born to a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya. He was the first mixed-race president in American history. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Maybe more authentic than the JCS guy. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-05-26 22:01 |
| #13 ^ lead paint |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-05-26 20:30 |
| #12 Don't know about you all; I have my money on Cheney. -goes and does a line of paint off of an ass's ass- |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-05-26 20:21 |
| #11 /\....or Trump. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-26 18:33 |
| #10 Senator Scott would be a good VP choice for DeSantis. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2023-05-26 16:56 |
| #9 Several years ago, I saw Senator Scott speak at the National Right to Life March in DC. He was very impressive then. My only objection to him is that he is a senator. In my humble opinion, senators do not make good presidents, unless they've also been a governor. Senators need to bargain, to build consensus, etc. Governors need to, well, govern - sort of like a president. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2023-05-26 16:37 |
| #8 Tim Scott Would Be America's First Black AMERICAN President FIFY! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-05-26 16:32 |
| #7 The idea that Obama is not black could probably be extended out until you found a white person in Scott’s family tree. Folks will then begin to argue about percentages in a manner that I don’t care about. The most significant issue that I have with Obama (or Biden) is is his lack of character. Scott appears to have some principles. Would Sen Scott be able or even seek to rein in the Administrative State? I doubt it. His back story is both impressive and irrelevant to our battle with our own government. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-05-26 12:39 |
| #6 Dear Republicans: Please choose your candidates based on criteria that only matter to Democrats. Thank you. |
| Posted by: Angstrom 2023-05-26 12:23 |
| #5 I'm not sure how much our votes count... After these past rwo election CFs, my faith in election integrity is zip. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2023-05-26 12:04 |
| #4 Best thing about Scott is he will draw some votes from Haley and Pence. Unfortunately for him, that's a small pool to draw from. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-05-26 12:04 |
| #3 My thoughts as well SteveS. I kind of doubt that Scott has much widespread appeal to voters. Has nothing to do with racism. He is a Pub with little charisma. Voters know little about him. But then again Biden said to one of the few people who attended one of his rallys, "I don't need your vote to win." I'm not sure how our votes count anyway. I'm beginning to think that candidates are not really elected but placed or installed by the DS. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2023-05-26 12:00 |
| #2 I thought Bill Clinton was our first black president. Barack Obama has the distinction of being our first female president. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-05-26 11:18 |
| #1 According to Joyless Behar Tim Scott and Clarence Thomas don't know what it's like to be black men in America. Of course her being a liberal white woman she knows. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2023-05-26 11:10 |