Gov. Nikki Haley Chooses Rep. Tim Scott for Senate!

By Jennifer Burke
TPNN Contributor

According to reports, Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC), a candidate who rode the 2010 Tea Party wave and has become a favorite, conservative ally in the House, will be appointed to fill the Senate seat which will be vacated by Senator Jim DeMint.

DeMint recently announced that he will be resigning from his Senate seat in January in order to become President of the Heritage Foundation. When that news was released two weeks ago, Senator DeMint sources indicated that he wanted Scott to be his successor.

When Tim Scott won his first election for the state House in 2008, he became South Carolina’s first black congressman in more than 100 years. He made history again in 2010 after being elected to his current seat in South Carolina’s 1^st Congressional District. In winning that race, he defeated South Carolina political legend Strom Thurmond’s son Paul and became the first black Congressman from that state in 114 years.

With an appointment to the Senate seat, Scott will make history once again becoming the only black Senator from either party in the Senate and the first black Senator from the GOP since 1979. The appointment to the seat will run through 2014 when a special election will be held to determine who will hold the office for the last two years of DeMint’s term.

There was previously speculation that Gov. Nikki Haley would appoint former South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster to the seat. Many conservatives questioned whether McMaster would stand strong against Democrats in a Senate controlled by Harry Reid and were interested in Scott as a successor because of his staunch conservatism.

Rep. Scott’s leadership was recognized early when he became one of two freshman representatives selected to be part of the House Republican Leadership Table. His appointment to the seat would ensure that a strong voice for conservatism remains in the Senate as a voice from South Carolina. The announcement is slated to be made at a press conference this afternoon.

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http://twitter.com/DunganLarry Larry James Dungan

Go Tim Scott, God bless you and keep you.
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BigJohn555

Thanks to the Governor and Senator.
http://www.facebook.com/victor.hamel.3 Victor Hamel

I just Pray to God, that He can find other People in the Senate with a Backbone to stand strong against the Enemies of Freedom, that prowl the Senate floor. all Patriots know them by name.
Thomas

The Republican party is made up of all ethnic groups and varied national backgrounds! We all want the same–freedom of mobility, jobs, private property, education, potential wealth, religion, woman’s rights, men also, and even sexual preference.
- Apachecav
  
  Um that last one belongs to the Democrats, We are not the party of no morals, we stand for what is right and against what is wrong. I don’t want to prevent you from choosing this if you must but I damn sure am going to prevent you from becoming a school teacher or adopting children or from telling other people it is ok…
http://www.facebook.com/people/Carol-Fryer/100000156546455 Carol Fryer

I want to know what hes done to support a conservative cause. I want to see a record. So do you have one? Or is this just another dem or rino in disguise???????
- cusfo
  
  If you have been paying attention (apparently not) you would know. He has the record, research it instead of postulating!
GQ4U

I hope he’s at least as conservative as DeMint. Rubio was a shiny rising star that isn’t looking as bright today.
http://www.facebook.com/wayne2white Wayne White

Then why do some people keep on saying that the Republican Party is nothing but a white boys clubs when there are and has always been blacks excelling? This is why i do not share the whole propaganda that teh GOP is a racist party.
- Myke Carter
  
  The Demonrat Party has been infiltrated for decades now by socialists who only know how to demonize their opponents in order to
  be elected to high office. The whole TEA Party / Republican party is racist BS is just that – BS.
- Myke Carter
  
  http://bourboncountygop.org/home/zonation.php#examining-black-loyalty-to-democrats
- Myke Carter
  
  http://bourboncountygop.org/home/zonation.php#watch-runaway-slave-on-demand
- Myke Carter
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_KaZ53eDg
- Myke Carter
  
  http://bourboncountygop.org/home/media.php#right-wings-of-the-black-community
- larrygrant876
  
  Hey Wayne I wish more people would remember that Abe Lincoln and Martin Luther King were Republicans and I wish more black people would realize the democrats have lied about their past and especially their recent racist past including the fact that many Republican politicians were lynched in the south by democrats to scare them out of their support of rights for all men regardless of color, I would think you know what democrat club that was. I also wish the black people knew that margaret sanger founded Planned Parenhood with the sole intention of eliminating the black man through sterilization and abortion. If you do the research most planned parenthood offices are located around black neighborhoods to this day.Love Ya Sir
http://www.facebook.com/donald.parker.501 Donald Parker

Not true. Senator Edward Brooke of Massachusetts was the first African-American Senator and he was a Republican who served two terms 1966-1977.
- GQ4U
  
  With an appointment to the Senate seat, Scott will make history once
  again becoming the only black Senator from either party in the Senate
  and the first black Senator from the GOP SINCE 1979.
  
  It doesn’t say he’s the first; just the only black Senator since 1979.
- Myke Carter
  
  Tim Scott is to be the first black Senator from the South since the 19th century.
http://twitter.com/Jbellisario1405 Joseph Bellisario

Great to see another conservative in the Senate! Good Luck Tim Scott.
http://www.facebook.com/aven.peraltonichols Aven Peralto Nichols

Congratulations Tim Scott !
ileneright

Some good news! Finially!
http://www.facebook.com/irene.warner.5 Irene Warner

THERE IS A GOD!!

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