Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., urged his friend and fellow South Carolinian Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., to run for president in 2024, but the junior senator from the Palmetto State said it’s not on his agenda.
Gowdy said on CBS’ “Face The Nation” he wouldn’t tell Scott to run against President Trump in 2020, but it should be on his mind for 2024.
“I don’t know about 2020. I’ve run in two Republican primaries, talk about lonely. That’s the loneliest feeling,” Gowdy said.
“I don’t think it’s going to be Tim Scott (to challenge Trump in the GOP primary). I would love him to run for president. Whether it’s 2024, whenever it fits his heart, but he has a cheery, optimistic brand of conservatism that I think our country would benefit from and quite frankly whether he won or not, our country would be better off hearing someone with his life story — the grandson of man who couldn’t read, picked cotton, then he grew up to pick out a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, that’s a story I wish my fellow citizens could hear.”
As host Margaret Brennan was asking the question, Scott was shaking his head at the very idea of running for the White House.
“I’m not even running for my home owner association presidency. At this point, I thank God I have the privilege serving the great people of South Carolina and this great nation,” he said.
