Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, gives a speech alongside former President Trump during a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on Jan. 19, 2024. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Scott has been meeting with donors as Trump and the Republican National Committee try to close the large fundraising gap they face in the race against President Biden and the Democratic National Committee in the 2024 rematch between the president and his GOP predecessor.
"The one thing you can discern as a top donor and Republican and, frankly, a strong business person is that a strong economy makes all things possible," Scott said in an interview Wednesday on Capitol Hill.
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Scott, the only Black Republican in the Senate, has been very active in helping Trump raise money. He was among the potential Trump running mates on hand this past weekend at an RNC spring donor retreat that was headlined by the former president.
The senator helped organize a major fundraiser for Trump this year ahead of the South Carolina primary. Next week, he's scheduled to attend a top-dollar fundraiser in New York City for the former president. And as the New York Times first reported, Scott will host a gathering next month in the nation's capital that will include major GOP donors who remain uncommitted to Trump.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley announces that she is suspending her campaign in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 6, 2024. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Haley, who was the last candidate standing against Trump before dropping out in March, has not endorsed the former president.
Asked if he had reached out to his fellow South Carolinian in an attempt to mend relations with Trump's political orbit, the senator said no.
But Scott argued that "the good news is that the voters and the fundraising machine that supported [Haley's] candidacy and our candidacy and other candidates are all coming back into the fold. The good news is President Trump is a unifying force for our party."
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