Time 4 Tim Scott 4 VP?

Noonan all but anoints Tim Scott as GOP’s 2024 VP choice as he & DeSantis enter POTUS race. Front-runner Trump IS curiously kind to Scott while Peg notes how Big D has similar compelling “American Dream” story to tell …

The WSJ columnist started by advising Mr. DeSantis to stop worrying about his frozen sour puss & start playing up his strong points as a policy wonk & over-achiever, i.e., if he wants to somehow beat out Mr. Trump for the GOP nomination: Says Noonan: “Man, he’s intense … [it seems] his fuse is always lit. He should [also] play up his biography, because it’s interesting [as is Scott’s]. Regular middle-class kid, local baseball, then Yale, Harvard, the US Navy [in Iraq]. This is the dream … Kind of a compliment to the country that a kid with no special connections rose so high so quick.”

Now, let’s turn the readers’ attention to one of Noonan’s most poignant observations. As she marvels, “Mr. Scott knew real want & instability as a child … he rose through basic conservative principles, faced it all as a black man, and still loves America, seeing it for what it is and not as the cartoon others draw. That is powerful …” And, the kicker: “Trump’s Truth Social post welcoming Mr. Scott into the race did sound a lot like, “Welcome, future running mate!” Know what? If Peg’s also right about DeSantis, he will likely come to the same conclusion should he find a way to win the GOP nomination & assuming campaigner Scott is the “real deal” he seems to be …

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