South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, who not too long ago endorsed former President Donald Trump for a second time period, informed Fox Information on Saturday that minority and youth voters are looking on the Republican Get together due to his candidacy.
Scott, whose state is residence to the subsequent main Republican major contest, recommended Trump could also be positioned for a landslide if situations are proper, pointing to how Minnesota Democrat Walter ”Fritz” Mondale was blown out by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1984.
”Take into consideration the truth that [people said of] Ronald Reagan ’He cannot win, he is simply an actor. He has no potential to attraction past California, past conservatives, past independents’,” Scott stated.
”This is what we all know: 49 out of fifty states later, Ronald Reagan did what no different president has finished.”
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In 1984, Mondale gained solely his residence state, and Reagan equally trounced President Jimmy Carter in 1980, who solely gained the District of Columbia, Hawaii, West Virginia, Maryland, Rhode Island and Georgia.
Scott went on to inform ”Life, Liberty & Levin” that the New Hampshire voters is far totally different than South Carolina’s, in that the New England state is extra reasonable and unbiased, whereas his residence state is decidedly conservative.
He famous that Trump gained by double-digits over Nikki Haley in New Hampshire, and subsequently is positioned to do exactly as effectively or higher in South Carolina.
”This is what’s actually cool from my perspective: Donald Trump did not simply win with seniors. He did not simply win with girls. He did not simply win with millennials. He gained with all three demographics,” Scott stated.
”Donald Trump gained millennials by the biggest margin in opposition to Nikki Haley, 58 to 36, I feel it was – he gained girls in opposition to Nikki Haley” he went on, noting that in New Hampshire, liberal-leaning independents have been capable of vote within the major and sure sided extra with Haley.
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Scott went on to assert two voting blocs not traditionally tied to Republican politics are giving the GOP one other look as a result of they bear in mind the situations in America below the earlier Trump presidency fondly.
”One out of 5 Black people are trying on the Nice Alternative Get together — Why? As a result of Donald Trump delivered when he was president. And we now have good recollections,” he stated.
”At the moment, 40-plus p.c of Hispanics are taking a look at Donald Trump and the GOP. Why? As a result of Donald Trump introduced the bottom unemployment charge to Hispanics within the historical past of the nation.”
Scott stated White voters and minority voters alike all care about the identical issues: secure streets, a safe border and financial system.
”Solely within the minds of liberals and Democrats can they are saying the colour of your pores and skin will decide how you are going to vote. Donald Trump is altering the whole lot we learn about American politics as we speak, and that is excellent news for our nation.”
Scott stated a second Trump time period would convey the identical prosperity felt between 2017 and 2020 to the yr 2025 and past.
If elected, Trump would develop into solely the second president, after New Jersey-born Democrat Grover Cleveland, to serve two nonconsecutive phrases.