United States Senator Tim Scott has officially launched a campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, joining a growing list of candidates seeking the White House next year.Scott focused on his personal story in a speech announcing his candidacy on Monday, portraying his rise from humble beginnings to the US Senate – where he currently serves as the sole Black Republican – as evidence that America is “the land of opportunity, and not a land of oppression”.Scott, 57, told the story of his grandfather who was born in 1921 and was forced out of school early to pick cotton but lived on to see the senator elected to Congress.
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