Tim Scott
Tim Scott
Timothy Eugene "Tim" Scottis the junior United States Senator for South Carolina. A Republican, he joined the Senate in 2013 when South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley named him to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim DeMint. Scott ran in a special election in 2014 for the final two years of DeMint's second term, and won the seat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 September 1965
CityCharleston, SC
CountryUnited States of America
I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.
I think the sidewalk program definitely needs to come back and I think that we need to get back on track, and on new developments we need to make sure sidewalks are part of that new development.
I remember walking down the aisle, and I got down on my knees as a person who is so selfish, but when I rose back up the Lord had become the Master of my life.
Our position should not be on how to eliminate the competition at all expenses, but we should focus on what we're going to do in order to make sure that Americans turn to the road of prosperity with the trajectory of capitalism, because making a profit is not an evil.
Success is created in studio apartments and garages, at kitchen tables, and in classrooms across the nation, not in government conference rooms in Washington.
I'm not looking to be dominating all the media outlets ... to talk about any issue just to be on TV, I'm not your guy. I'm not going to be 'the black Republican'. I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about that are specific to the agenda that I want to accomplish.
There is nothing special about Tim Scott. I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God and that makes the difference.
I think one of the most threatening places to be in politics is a black conservative because there are so many liberals who want to continue to reinforce a stereotype that doesn't exist about America.
The first time that I was elected I was called the Judas Iscariot of the black community because I took a stand that was inconsistent of cutting across the grain.
If the small government concept grows, we have fewer dollars leaving our pockets, we have more folks motivated to make a profit.
One thing without any question that is true today and that is that the winner of the 28-minute commercial is President Barack Obama.
I'm going to be a Republican who happens to be black - who will talk about issues that I'm passionate about.
I'm an ordinary guy serving an extraordinary God - and that makes the difference.
Thousands of Americans are forced to join unions as a condition of employment, with little to no chance of ever having their voices heard.