Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) left critics cringing on Tuesday with a surprising show of sycophancy to former President Donald Trump.
The senator, who dropped out of the GOP presidential race in November, was one in every of two former candidates onstage with Trump in Nashua to have a good time his victory over Nikki Haley within the New Hampshire main.
In 2012, when she was governor of South Carolina, Haley appointed Scott, then a member of the Home of Representatives, to his Senate seat to interchange retiring Sen. Jim DeMint.
“Did you ever suppose that she really appointed you, Tim?” Trump stated of Haley throughout his speech. “And also you’re the senator of her state. And [you] endorsed me.”
“You need to actually hate her,” he added.
Scott, who had been standing behind Trump, approached the mic and stated: “I simply love you.”
“That’s why he’s a terrific politician!” Trump stated.
Scott endorsed Trump on Friday and has campaigned with him within the days since.
“We’d like a president who will unite our nation. We’d like Donald Trump,” Scott stated during his announcement.
Increasingly Republicans have formally thrown their assist behind Trump following his successes in Iowa and New Hampshire. In a blow to Haley, South Carolina politicians have largely lined up behind Trump forward of subsequent month’s main in her residence state.
Critics and commentators have been shocked by Scott’s bootlicking show Tuesday, calling it “painfully embarrassing” and “pathetic.”
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