{"id":1029318,"date":"2024-01-19T19:53:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029318"},"modified":"2024-05-20T03:57:14","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:57:14","slug":"anti-abortion-extremist-tim-scott-is-donald-trumps-latest-maga-endorser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/anti-abortion-extremist-tim-scott-is-donald-trumps-latest-maga-endorser\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Abortion Extremist Tim Scott is Donald Trump\u2019s Latest MAGA Endorser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In response to Tim Scott\u2019s endorsement of Donald Trump, <\/em><strong><em>DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTim Scott centered his own campaign around banning abortion nationwide, and now he\u2019s endorsing Donald Trump because he knows Trump is a MAGA extremist just like him who is hellbent on ripping away freedoms from women across America. Scott\u2019s endorsement of Donald Trump is only the latest example of MAGA extremism exerting complete control over the Republican Party. It speaks volumes about Trump\u2019s commitment to banning abortion that he is touting the endorsement of one of the most outspoken anti-abortion extremists in the leadup to a primary in one of the most pro-choice states in the country, days before the anniversary of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and the same week that Scott\u2019s campaign was praised by a radical anti-abortion activist. No matter how many MAGA minions fall in line behind Trump, his extreme and dangerous anti-freedom vision is a losing agenda that voters will reject again this November.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tim Scott supports Trump\u2019s crusade to ban abortion across the country \u2013&nbsp;he repeatedly promised to sign the most restrictive national abortion ban possible if he were president.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShelbyTalcott\/status\/1748056513464185326\">Shelby Talcott, Semafor<\/a>: \u201cI think the candidates that did the best job are not running anymore &#8211; Mike Pence and Tim Scott were unmatched,\u201d Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America, said during a press call after I asked which GOP candidate has done the best job in speaking about abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/anti-abortion-group-praises-candidates-criticizes-gop-debate\/story?id=102535048\">ABC News<\/a>: \u201cVice President Mike Pence, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson called for a federal abortion ban after 15 weeks, a standard that leading anti-abortion groups like Susan B, Anthony Pro-Life America have been pushing for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1646931122918658050?s=20\">Scott<\/a>: \u201cIf I were president of the United States, <strong>I would literally sign the most conservative pro-life legislation that they can get through Congress.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/caucus\/2023\/06\/23\/dobbs-abortion-supreme-court-more-work-protect-life\/70349455007\/\">Scott<\/a>: \u201cI am 100% pro-life. When I am president of the United States, <strong>I will sign the most pro-life legislation the House and Senate can put on my desk.<\/strong> We should begin with a 15-week national limit.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1650541901911666690?s=20\">Scott<\/a> on whether he would sign Lindsey Graham\u2019s proposed national abortion ban: <strong>\u201cEvery day, I would sign that bill into law. I would sign the most conservative pro-life legislation you can bring to my desk.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=j19ZErUsMok&amp;mc_cid=1d45074f1b&amp;mc_eid=UNIQID\">Scott:<\/a> \u201cAs president, I will sign the most pro-life legislation that reaches my desk. Our immediate priority should be passing a national 15-week limit on abortion while we support Republican-led states that do even more to protect life.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/read-transcript-nbc-news-exclusive-interview-tim-scott-rcna85675\">Scott<\/a>: \u201cI\u2019ve cosponsored a 20-week bill. I\u2019ve signaled very clearly I\u2019d sign a 15-week bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1672786470049046528\">Trump<\/a>: <strong>\u201cThere of course remains a vital role for the federal government in protecting unborn life. And it\u2019s very important.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themessenger.com\/news\/exclusive-trump-interview-with-the-messenger-hits-desantis-abortion-new-media-blitz\">Trump on if he would sign a six-week national abortion ban<\/a>:<strong> \u201cI&#8217;m looking at all [options].\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/newsmax-tv\/abortion-unborn-roe-v-wade\/2023\/05\/16\/id\/1120077\/\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cWe&#8217;ll pick something that&#8217;s going to be very, very good for pro-life \u2026 I\u2019m going to be in there pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scott proudly boasts about being an \u201carchitect\u201d of Trump\u2019s MAGAnomics tax scam that Trump wants to make permanent, even though it rigged the economy for the ultra-wealthy and big corporations at the expense of America\u2019s middle class.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1650554193470697473?s=20\">Scott<\/a>: <strong>\u201cWe make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act tax cuts permanent.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/tim-scott-2024-presidential-announcement-speech-transcript\">Scott<\/a>: <strong>\u201cI was one of the lead authors for the Republican tax reform bill.<\/strong> \u2026 That was just one bill. Imagine what we could do with an entire agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/14\/politics\/tim-scott-economic-plan-2024\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201c[Tim Scott\u2019s] 10-point plan also nods to one of the GOP front-runner\u2019s signature legislative achievements \u2013 the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which Scott is promising to make permanent.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/05\/17\/tim-scott-abortion-single-black-mothers-economic-problems\/\">Scott<\/a>: \u201cWhen it comes to our economic challenges, we need to have a hard conversation about policies that actually work. In 2017, I was one of the architects of reforming the personal side of the tax code.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2023\/09\/11\/trump-tax-cuts-2024\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cThe former president\u2019s closest economic advisers are plotting an aggressive new set of tax cuts to push on the campaign trail and from the Oval Office if he wins a second term. <strong>Trump and his advisers have discussed deeper cuts to both individual and corporate tax rates that would build on his controversial 2017 tax law \u2026 Further cutting corporate taxes \u2026 would primarily benefit large firms.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2023\/09\/donald-trump-second-term-tax-cuts\">Vanity Fair<\/a>: <strong>\u201cDonald Trump Wants to Give His Favorite Corporations Another Giant Tax Cut in a Second Term: Report\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/two-years-after-trumps-tax-reform-the-middle-class-is-struggling\/\">CBS News<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTwo years after Trump tax cuts, middle-class Americans are falling behind\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2019\/oct\/09\/trump-tax-cuts-helped-billionaires-pay-less\">The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cThey were billed as a \u2018middle-class miracle\u2019 but according to a new book <strong>Donald Trump\u2019s $1.5tn tax cuts have helped billionaires pay a lower rate than the working class for the first time in history.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/camilomaldonado\/2019\/10\/10\/trump-tax-cuts-helped-billionaires-pay-less-taxes-than-the-working-class-in-2018\/?sh=642388dd3128\">Forbes<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Tax Cuts Helped Billionaires Pay Less Taxes Than The Working Class In 2018\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epi.org\/press\/the-tcja-overwhelmingly-benefited-the-rich-and-corporations-while-overlooking-working-families\/\">Economic Policy Institute<\/a>: \u201cThe TCJA overwhelmingly benefited the rich and corporations while overlooking working families\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just like Trump, Scott has a consistent record of backing plans to end Social Security and Medicare as we know them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DNCWarRoom\/status\/1683858962331111426?s=20\">Scott<\/a>: \u201cWe also have to look at the overall entitlement state of our nation. \u2026 In order for us to tame the tiger, we\u2019re going to have to take a serious look at the overall entitlement state that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/09\/trump-desantis-biden-social-security-medicare\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cOther potential entrants in the Republican primary, such as \u2026 Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) &#8230; also voted for Ryan\u2019s budget when they were in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c\u2018There\u2019s no doubt that we have to wrestle this beast to the ground and do the right thing,\u2019 Scott said on Fox News in 2012.<\/strong> \u2018The fact is that if we don\u2019t start having a real conversation about people in their 40s and younger about the transformation of the system, it won\u2019t be available for folks now in their 20s and 30s.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/closeup-scott-promises-entitlement-reform-that-protects-benefits-for-older-americans\/44023822\">Scott on Social Security and Medicare<\/a>: \u201cWe\u2019re going to have to come to the table and have that conversation, and start making very difficult choices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/09\/trump-desantis-biden-social-security-medicare\/\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cHis avowed stance, however, is at odds with Trump\u2019s own record as president: <strong>Each of his White House budget proposals included cuts to Social Security and Medicare programs.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2019\/3\/12\/18260271\/trump-medicaid-social-security-medicare-budget-cuts\">Vox<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump said he wouldn\u2019t cut Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. His 2020 budget cuts all 3.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/winners-losers-trumps-budget-proposal\">FY18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/2\/6\/16735966\/social-security-disability-insurance\">FY19<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/11\/us\/politics\/trump-budget.html\">FY20<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/medicare-medicaid-social-security-trumps-proposed-budget-slashes-entitlements-campaign-1486595\">FY21<\/a> budgets each proposed billions of dollars in cuts to Social Security programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2019\/3\/12\/18260271\/trump-medicaid-social-security-medicare-budget-cuts\">2019<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/2020\/business\/trump-budget-2021\/#department-of-health-and-human-services\">2020<\/a>: Trump proposed budgets that included hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/22\/us\/politics\/medicare-trump.html\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/04\/27\/politics\/trump-desantis-social-security-ponzi-scheme\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cTrump previously backed policies on Social Security for which he\u2019s now attacking DeSantis, calling the program a \u2018Ponzi scheme\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cFormer President Donald Trump once backed raising the retirement age to 70 and called for privatizing Social Security which he called a \u2018Ponzi scheme\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 two positions he has hammered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for supporting as a former member of Congress and congressional candidate. \u2026 but a CNN KFile review found <strong>Trump himself also once praised Ryan on Medicare, along with the 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney,<\/strong> without praising their specific policy proposal, which called for similar changes to Ryan\u2019s plan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scott supported Trump\u2019s efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act that would jeopardize health care coverage for millions of Americans, and Scott has also been a staunch opponent of Medicaid expansion.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/07\/25\/us\/politics\/senate-votes-repeal-obamacare.html\">New York Times<\/a>: <strong>Tim Scott voted for all three major Republican-led proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act in 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/03\/06\/politics\/republicans-public-obamacare-plan\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cNon-expansion state Republicans, on the other hand, have voiced opposition to any program that allows expansion states to receive more money in the future. \u2018The reality of it is there is no way to get this done if you don\u2019t make whole those states that were more fiscally responsible and did not expand,\u2019 Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, a state that didn\u2019t expand Medicaid, told reporters last week.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/donald-trump-hopes-to-dismantle-obamacare-if-elected-in-2024\">Daily Beast<\/a>: <strong>\u201cTrump Revives Plan to Dismantle Obamacare if Elected in 2024\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/obamacare-sucks-trump-rants-about-new-plan-years-after-he-promised-it-was-two-weeks-away\/\">Mediaite<\/a>: <strong>\u201c\u2018OBAMACARE SUCKS!!!\u2019 Trump Rants About New Plan \u2014 Years After He Promised It Was \u2018Two Weeks\u2019 Away\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themessenger.com\/politics\/trump-seriously-looking-at-alternatives-to-obamacare\">The Messenger<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump said he is \u2018seriously looking at alternatives\u2019 to Obamacare in a new post on his social media platform Truth Social. He also called it a \u2018low point for the Republican Party\u2019 that lawmakers failed to \u2018terminate\u2019 the health insurance program established by the Affordable Care Act. According to the latest figures this year, more than 40 million Americans rely on the program for those who can&#8217;t afford private plans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111471975032811076\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cThe cost of Obamacare is out of control, plus, it\u2019s not good Healthcare. I\u2019m seriously looking at alternatives. We had a couple of Republican Senators who campaigned for 6 years against it, and then raised their hands not to terminate it. It was a low point for the Republican Party, but <strong>we should never give up!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BidenHQ\/status\/1731082024511737922?s=20\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cObamacare is a disaster. And I said, \u2018We&#8217;re gonna do something about it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to Tim Scott\u2019s endorsement of Donald Trump, DNC Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd released the following statement:&nbsp; \u201cTim Scott centered his own campaign around banning abortion nationwide, and now he\u2019s endorsing Donald Trump because he knows Trump is a MAGA extremist just like him who is hellbent on ripping away freedoms from women [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anti-Abortion Extremist Tim Scott is Donald Trump\u2019s Latest MAGA Endorser - 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