Tim Scott's team points to the fact that he was recently reelected in November of 2022 by an overwhelming margin More than 20 percent and so their argument is look most Republicans in this state voted for this guy in a big way Within the past calendar year. "I think it's something but not everything right we live in a televised age Donald Trump, you know had a whole career in entertainment prior to becoming president"
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast gets ready for a big week in politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially kicked off his presidential campaign in North Charleston Monday morning. We also expect the long-teased Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to become a reality this week. And, according to the Treasury Department we are just a week or so away from a possible default on the nation’s debt. National politics reporter at the AP Meg Kinnard and Data Columnist at the Washington Post join the crew to weigh in.
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