Folks were lining up early in the below freezing, New England winter weather for the Trump campaign rally in New Hampshire, where Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) was scheduled to make an endorsement of Trump on Friday night.
The @realDonaldTrump supporters are lined up in the 18 degree temperatures in Concord NH ahead of Senator Tim Scott’s (R-SC), endorsement. pic.twitter.com/FKKFEx5nJQ
— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) January 19, 2024
That's real dedication, to come out when it's 18 degrees out.
The announcement of the endorsement on Friday surprised former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, if this look from her is any indication. She seemed not quite willing to accept it, but her face says it all. She appointed Scott when he first came in as a replacement for Sen. Jim DeMint in 2012, so that would have to be a blow to her. Scott was a representative then.
READ MORE: Tim Scott Set to Snub Fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley, Endorse Donald Trump
South Carolinas Senator Tim Scott is traveling with President Trump to his New Hampshire rally, where he will endorse him.
— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) January 19, 2024
What a blow to Haley! She appointed him! 😁pic.twitter.com/dPJzvxKIju
But Scoff was enthused for Trump ahead of the event.
New Hampshire here we come! pic.twitter.com/vlzm1uO0s9
— Tim Scott (@votetimscott) January 19, 2024
Then when he was finally there, Trump was loving it and he wore a big smile over Scott's energy. Sen. Scott only spoke for a few minutes, but he certainly brought the fervor.
WATCH: U.S. Senator Tim Scott @SenatorTimScott joins President Trump onstage in Concord, New Hampshire
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Scott had the campaign cadence going in full swing, saying Trump would deal with crime, lower taxes (again), and end our having to be "sick and tired" of being "sick and tired."
BREAKING: U.S. Senator Tim Scott ENDORSES President Trump in Concord, New Hampshire
— RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) January 20, 2024
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He said we needed a president whom our foreign adversaries are afraid of and whom our allies respect, and a president who sees us as one American family. He joked that was why he came to the very warm state of New Hampshire to endorse "the next president of the United States" -- Donald Trump.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu wasn't a happy camper about Scott's endorsement. He said:
Tim Scott wouldn't have a job without Nikki Haley. Nobody cares what Tim Scott thinks. If they did, he actually wouldn't have been driven out of this race three months ago.
Sununu previously said no one cared about Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) coming out with a "Never Nikki" website and lobbying against Haley. But it sure looks like people are caring, when you have more olks like Scott moving to Trump.
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