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
There are good people and bad people in all organizations fundamentally however, when you look at the basis of the Tea Party it has nothing to do with race. It has to do with an economic recovery. It has to do with limiting the role of our government in our lives. It has to do with free markets.
Conservative principles place growth and opportunity at the forefront, and I look forward to the RNC continuing to promote those values in communities across the nation as we grow the party.
I think when you look to the future what you'll find is that the Republican Party is building a bigger party base on stronger values.
I was warmly embraced by the Tea Party. They openly seek more minorities.
The future of the Republican Party and the future of America is based on a values system and the issues that drive those values are on our side.
And the Tea Party represents many of us who believe that we are taxed enough already. We believe in free markets.
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.