Senator Tim Scott launches bid for 2024 Republican presidential nomination

Black conservative from South Carolina, a stalwart abortion foe and gun rights advocate, is latest to take on Donald Trump

Tim Scott formally launched his presidential campaign on Monday, joining a growing field of Republican candidates looking to capture their party's nomination and rob Donald Trump of another opportunity to face off against Joe Biden next year.

Under President Biden, our nation is retreating away from patriotism and faith," Scott told a cheering crowd at Charleston Southern University in his home state of South Carolina. Joe Biden and the radical left are attacking every rung of the ladder that helped me climb. And that is why I am announcing today that I am running for president of the United States of America."