{"id":17592,"date":"2023-05-16T16:09:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/?p=17592"},"modified":"2023-05-16T16:09:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T20:09:46","slug":"senator-tim-scott-focuses-on-faith-as-presidential-speculation-mounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2023\/05\/senator-tim-scott-focuses-on-faith-as-presidential-speculation-mounts","title":{"rendered":"Senator Tim Scott Focuses on Faith as Presidential Speculation Mounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17625\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/05\/Tim-Scott_credit-Public-Domain-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17625\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/140\/2023\/05\/Tim-Scott_credit-Public-Domain-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Public Domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) remains in the headlines as he hints at a \u201cmajor announcement\u201d on May 22nd after launching a presidential exploratory committee last month. The Senator has served in the Senate since 2013 and has made a name for himself in pushing for a Republican approach to police reform. He was also one of the speakers for the 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) and delivered the Republican response to President Biden\u2019s first State of the Union Address in 2021. He worked closely with President Trump during his presidency and pushed back against Illinois Senator Dick Durbin (D), who called his police reform efforts \u201c<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/06\/17\/politics\/tim-scott-police-reform-token-comment\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">token<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u201d \u201cTo think that on this day, as we try to make sure that fewer people lose confidence in this nation \u2013 to have the senator from Illinois refer to this process, this bill, this opportunity to restore hope and confidence and trust from the American people, from African Americans, from communities of color, to call this a token process hurts my soul for my country, for our people,\u201d he said to Durbin\u2019s comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">His initial <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/tim-scott-puts-god-in-the-middle-of-his-presidential-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">video<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0announcement of the exploratory committee highlighted Scott\u2019s Christian faith. He framed the underlying struggle of the Civil War as \u201cWould [America] truly be one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all?\u201d and filled his video with images of Bibles and churches. Scott described his faith in a 2020 interview with\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/today.bju.edu\/perspective\/u-s-sen-tim-scott-speaks-on-faith-in-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">BJU today<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, saying, \u201cI first committed my life to the Lord at 11. I recommitted my life to the Lord, and I thought a lot about that conversion at Presbyterian College when Jesus was no longer my Savior only; He was my Lord and Savior. And to me, Him being my Lord meant that I was going to live my life in a way that was consistent with His word.\u201d Scott grew up in poverty, raised by a single mother who was deeply committed to Christ. He credits his faith and his mother\u2019s strong work ethic with helping him to get out of poverty. Speaking to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=efmEwp9fVj0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Faithwire<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, he shared his love of America. \u201cI believe that America can do for anyone what she has done for me. And I believe that we have to restore hope, create opportunities, and protect America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Scott also renounced the \u201cvictimhood mentality\u201d he believes has become so prevalent in America. \u201cWe have so much to celebrate. We are actually the land of opportunity and not a land of oppression. I believe that [in] today\u2019s culture, there\u2019s this victimhood that seems to be sold on one side, where we all know that individual responsibility leads forward.\u201d Scott also shared how his life has been filled with triumph. His grandfather, who dropped out of the third grade during Jim Crow so he could pick cotton for his family, was able to see Scott in Congress. \u201cAccording to Ephesians 3:20 \u2026 \u2018God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that we ask or imagine.\u2019 No one could have imagined my grandfather was picking cotton. I picked a seat in Congress \u2026 If there\u2019s ever a time to tell the story of American progress, the time is now, and if there\u2019s someone who\u2019s been on both sides of that track, that\u2019s lived the testimony, it is time for that person to stand up,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) remains in the headlines as he hints at a \u201cmajor announcement\u201d on May 22nd after launching a presidential exploratory committee last month. The Senator has served in the Senate since 2013 and has made a name for himself in pushing for a Republican approach to police reform. 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