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Tim Scott, GOP candidate for president in 2024, has dropped out of the race.
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Shortly after publicly beginning his relationship with his girlfriend, he ended the campaign.
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Despite significant financial resources, his agenda has not resonated with GOP voters.
Tim Scott, a Republican senator from South Carolina, withdrew from the 2024 presidential race shortly after his public debut. his relationship with his girlfriend after the third Republican debate.
“I love America more today than I did on May 22. But when I return to Iowa, it won’t be as a presidential candidate. I’m suspending my campaign,” Scott said during a interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Night in.” America with Trey Gowdy.”
Scott recently came under fire over the secrecy surrounding his relationship with Mindy Noce, an interior designer he’s been dating for “about a year.” Axios reported.
Details of Scott’s relationship with Noce surfaced after he was criticized for being single – with some insinuating that he is gay.
“It’s like a different form of discrimination or prejudice,” the 2024 Republican presidential candidate said. The Washington Post. “You can’t say I’m black, because that would be terrible, so find something else you can attack.”
He added that he kept her identity a secret because he couldn’t imagine “dragging her on the campaign trail unless I intended to marry her.”
The senator’s path to the GOP nomination faced obstacles from the start of his campaign announcement in May.
More than half of GOP primary voters said in a Morning Consult survey that they had no news of Scott’s candidacy a week after his campaign launched. In contrast, only 38% of voters said they had heard something positive about the candidate.
However, the South Carolina senator has amassed a considerable war chest. Scott’s campaign started with $22 million before its announcement and received substantial backing from Larry Ellison, the co-founder of Oracle Corporation.
The tech billionaire has sunk $35 million in the senator’s super PAC, Opportunity Matters Fund.
Scott told Fox News’ Trey Gowdy that he has no plans to support another candidate in the Republican primary.
“I think the voters who are the most remarkable people on the planet were very clear in telling me, ‘Not now Tim,'” the senator said on Fox News.
A spokesperson for Scott’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.
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