The first night of the Republican National Convention highlighted a major, unnoticed theme of our politics that wasn’t really talked about during the Democratic convention last week: The state of South Carolina is setting the future of our politics.

Sen. Tim Scott and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley both received rave reviews for their speeches at the RNC. Haley provided America with a strong voice on human rights at the United Nations and resigned from the Trump administration well-liked by every major faction of the party. Scott has led the GOP Senate on police reform and pushed the successful opportunity zones into the tax bill, a provision that has been repeatedly praised by President Trump in his reelection campaign.