As the November election approaches, several of Donald Trump’s vice presidential contenders have taken part in what seems to have become an unofficial loyalty test: question the legitimacy of an election that does not end with Trump winning. On Sunday morning, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)—who NBC News reported in February was the leading candidate for […]
Sen. Tim Scott hasn’t exactly been subtle about his national ambitions. After the South Carolina Republican’s presidential campaign was an expensive flop — Scott struggled to reach 5% in the polls, in part because he appeared terrified of differentiating himself from Donald Trump — the senator started embarrassing himself in the apparent hopes of joining the former president’s 2024 ticket. There’s one important part of Scott’s résumé, however, that his intraparty critics seized on. Time magazine...
Sen. Tim Scott appeared on “Meet the Press” on Sunday to promote his book and keep himself visible as the most desperate candidate for Donald Trump’s vice president slot. During that appearance, host Kristen Welker repeatedly tried to get Scott to agree to one simple request: would he support democracy? “Senator, will you commit to accepting the election results of 2024?” Welker asked. “Bottom line.” After shaking his head and making an uncertain groaning noise, Scott at last said, “At the end...
Senator Tim Scott's response to a question about whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election regardless of which party wins has raised eyebrows on social media on Sunday.Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican 2024 presidential nominee, has repeatedly said the 2020 election was stolen from him via widespread voter fraud despite those claims not being proven by substantial evidence. On Wednesday, Trump said in an interview with the Milwaukee...
Sunny Hostin told her co-hosts Friday on ABC's "The View" that if Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) were chosen as the Republican vice-presidential running mate, it would not help former President Donald Trump with black voters. | Clips
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior legal correspondent Laura Jarrett explores the key question that has lingered over Donald Trump's legal proceedings this week. Plus, with the Ukraine aid package now passed, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker looks ahead to the next big fight facing...
Stormy Daniels was dancing her way through a ‘Make America Horny Again’ tour when news emerged that she had received hush money payments from Donald Trump. As those payments sit at the centre of Trump’s trial, Io Dodds explains how Daniels landed in the middle of a political firestorm
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) is once again being ridiculed on social media, this time following an interview on NBC in which he failed to promise to honor the 2024 election results. Scott, who previously made people cringe with his attempts to appear close to Donald Trump as the former president considers his vice presidential nominee, on Sunday appeared for an interview with NBC host Kristen Welker. Welker herself has recently been criticized for "profoundly irresponsible" coverage of Trump's...
“Women of the View: My goodness gracious. Let me just be plain and simple. Without the Black vote, there is no Democratic Party,” Scott told “Hannity” on Monday.
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Friday, during an appearance on FNC's "Hannity," Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, criticized the political motivations behind the Trump trials underway in New York State. | Clips