Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) is about to formally endorse President Donald Trump this Friday.
The endorsement, revealed by two sources accustomed to the plan, is predicted to happen at a Trump rally within the Granite State, New Hampshire, simply days earlier than the state’s pivotal main election, The Hill reported.
It may be recalled that Senator Tim Scott announced he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race final November.
“After I return to Iowa, it won’t be as a presidential candidate. I’m suspending my marketing campaign,” Tim Scott instructed a shocked Trey Gowdy on Fox Information.
“I believe the voters, who’re probably the most outstanding individuals on the planet, have been actually clear that they’re telling me: not now,” Scott stated.
In accordance with NBC News, Tim Scott’s staffers didn’t even know the senator was ending his marketing campaign.
The Hill reported:
One supply famous Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley had been angling for Scott’s backing in current days as Trump tries to place the first contest to mattress and Haley fights for political survival.
Trump leads Haley by a double-digit margin in New Hampshire, in keeping with a collection of polls taken previously week.
The transfer additionally harms Haley in her house state of South Carolina, the place voters will head to the polls on Feb. 24. The Palmetto State is essential to Haley’s slim hopes of successful the Republican nomination.
Scott ended his marketing campaign two months in the past after his optimistic message failed to interrupt by with GOP main voters, particularly in early-voting states.
He routinely declined to be vital of the previous president all through his marketing campaign, having indicated his assist for Trump earlier than Scott determined to run for the White Home.
When requested for her response to this new growth, Nikki Haley stated, “We’ll wait and see if it occurs.”
WATCH:
Nikki Haley’s first response to a reported Tim Scott endorsement of Donald Trump. cc: @ShaneGoldmacher pic.twitter.com/svgeBo81Ua
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) January 19, 2024
