Former President Trump on Monday welcomed Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) to the 2024 Republican presidential primary, using Scott’s move as a means to target Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“Good luck to Senator Tim Scott in entering the Republican Presidential Primary Race,” Trump wrote on Truth Social moments after Scott’s announcement on Monday. “It is rapidly loading up with lots of people, and Tim is a big step up” from DeSantis, he said.
Trump, who was not critical of Scott, added that he and Scott worked together to come up with the Opportunity Zone program, an idea that was included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. And Scott has remained largely uncritical of Trump over the past several years, though he has said on different occasions that the former president should have apologized for what he described as racist statements….