With the midterm elections rapidly approaching, Tony Kinnett had Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. on Tuesday’s episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast” to discuss how Scott is feeling about the state of the race.
Scott, who also heads the National Republican Senatorial Committee this cycle, said he is “thankful to be healthy, happy, and excited about the results that we’re going to have in just about two weeks.”
Much has been made about the U.S. Senate race in South Carolina between Republican Sen. Darline Graham and Democrat Annie Andrews. While some pundits and pollsters claim it could be “a swing state,” Scott refuses to see it that way.
“Well, that depends on what kind of swing you’re talking about. Politically, we’re not a swing state, but we have lots of swings in our state, but it’s not because of politics, it’s because we like people to take time and enjoy the relaxing atmosphere of the deep South,” Scott quipped.
He insisted that Graham “is fine” and “in good shape,” while he took some shots at Andrews, who he says is “out of her mind” and is “a Democrat who happens to be a socialist.”
Kinnett brought up warning signs for Democrats, including how it “didn’t happen” that they tried to moderate, as some Democrats briefly tried to do after losing the 2024 elections, though “they got disavowed by the DNC.”
For this cycle, there’s been a lack of party registration, while early voting numbers have not been all that impressive. There also have been particularly high disapproval ratings for the Democratic Party.
“Do you think that’s going to create a sense of malaise kind of with the standard Democrats maybe in the South who might traditionally come out and vote?” Kinnett asked Scott.
It’s not just the South, though, Scott responded, calling out radicals Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, Troy Jackson in Maine, and Angie Nixon in Florida.
“We’re just going to see folks staying at home, maybe not voting for either party because they’re just frustrated, disillusioned if you’re a Democrat,” Scott pointed out.
The senator in particular had strong words for James Talarico in Texas, especially with how “we haven’t heard as much about the fact that he said the capitalism, that transformed my life economically and my mother’s life, is white supremacy.”
“Can you see me?!,” Scott continued. “I mean, that’s just ridiculous to hear those kinds of inflammatory thoughts about America and Americans.”
“So we’ve got work to do. We’re getting it done. And our voters are showing up. It will show out, and we’ll have a Senate controlled by Republicans,” Scott predicted, as he also spoke to the possibility of confirming a new Supreme Court justice.
The issue of Democrats, especially Talarico and El-Sayed, “struggling desperately to reach black voters” also came up, as Kinnett and Scott discussed how to reach black Americans, with school choice cited as an important topic throughout the interview.
Kinnett asked the senator, as someone “who has has been a champion of the American Dream and who detests the pandering to black men and women everywhere,” what the response has been like.
Scott shared how black men tell him that they’ve been “insulted” and “infuriated by the pandering of the Left,” about this idea that “somehow we need someone to lift us out of poverty.” He also rejected the “paternalism of the Democrat Party,” which he said is palpable.
The senator also pointed out that black men voted for Trump in record numbers in the 2024 election and argued that “we need to stay focused on the issues that matter to every single American,” which are the same issues as in 2024. He particularly focused on education and rejecting socialism, which we must ensure “never sees the light of day because it’s really bad for poor people.”
The Great Society earned particular rebuke from Scott, especially how it spent “$7 trillion kicking men out of their own households” and “led to a remarkable place, where too many African American households lost a breadwinner because Democrats said the best way to help people and families was to kick the guy out and send a check in.”
Scott pointed to a more recent example, with then-President Joe Biden in 2021 sending checks to each household, resulting in 9% inflation. “Today, we did the exact opposite. We said you can keep more of your money,” resulting in the lowest poverty rate in American history for all Americans, including children, as Trump himself has been touting.
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