Key takeaways:
- Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina has announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race.
- Scott had been polling at only 4% of voters in a recent CBS News/YouGov poll, putting him in a distant fifth place.
- Scott’s departure from the race leaves the field wide open for the other Republican candidates.
Republican Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina has announced he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. The announcement came as a surprise to many, including former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy, who was hosting Scott on his Fox News program.
Scott had been polling at only 4% of voters in a recent CBS News/YouGov poll, putting him in a distant fifth place behind the frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. On the program, Scott said that the voters had been “really clear” that they did not want him to run.
“I am suspending my campaign,” Scott said. “When I go back to Iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate.”
The announcement was a surprise to many, including Scott’s own staff, who only found out about the campaign ending by watching the candidate say so on TV. Even more surprising was the fact that the campaign had sent out a fundraising email not long before the announcement.
Scott’s departure from the race leaves the field wide open for the other Republican candidates. It remains to be seen who will be the frontrunner in the race for the 2024 Republican nomination.
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