Senator Tim Scott, as far as Republicans are concerned is pretty average. While I don’t agree with the 2024 hype surrounding him, his voting record is solid, he’s had some noteworthy moments, and I’ve never found any reason to oppose him or his ascension within the party.
Scott lost me this cycle with one of his most disgusting and head-scratching endorsements. Here’s what he put on social media on Wednesday.
We need strong leaders like Lisa Murkowski – someone who has worked tirelessly for the people of Alaska her entire career. Alaska, I ask you to join me in supporting @LisaForSenate! pic.twitter.com/VDXITMciEo
— Tim Scott (@votetimscott) August 3, 2022
I have a pretty high tolerance for squishy Republicans who I don’t always see eye-to-eye with, so no one should mistake the criticism I’m about to levy as some kind of inflexible, purist screed. When Sen. John Cornyn recently led an effort to pass gun control, for example, I disagreed with it, but I didn’t call for him to be primaried. I recognize that there will always be Republicans in the party who go in a different direction at times than I’d prefer. That’s part of being in a political party. It is important to take into account where Senators are from. I don’t like Sen. Susan Collins, but she’s the best we are going to get in a state like Maine.
However, Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s approach is unique. It isn’t about a woman who stray from the straight and narrow. We are talking instead about a woman from Alaska, who has decided to stick with her party.
Murkowski voted to deny Justice Amy Coney Barrett the nomination by trying to nuke it. In keeping with the Democrats’ false narrative, she also voted for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to be confirmed. Yet, when it came to Joe Biden’s appointments, she has voted enthusiastically for them, from his Supreme Court pick to an Interior Secretary that wants to destroy Alaska’s energy economy.
Then there’s the fact that Murkowski is rabidly pro-abortion. Back in 2021, she lauded the disgusting, far-left “Women’s March” as fighting for “reproductive health.” When the draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade Leaked to the press, she claimed she was losing confidence in the Supreme Court. A favorite Leftwing talking point to try to undermine the institution, it is now a sham. Murkowski even voted no to cloture in 2018, a bill which would have protected pain-capable babies at the womb.
Murkowski comes from Alaska and is willing to send a conservative senator to Washington. Her incumbency is unprotected.
I am back with Scott. While I don’t know what Scott is thinking, I think it speaks to his credibility as a future senator. It is true that I understand the Senate loves to protect incumbents no matter what their problems are. If there were ever an argument to just sit back and watch, rather than endorse someone, it would be this. Scott’s endorsement of the Alaska Senate race would not have been thought twice by anyone. There will be dozens of other Republican senators who don’t endorse Murkowski, and Scott should have been in that number.
I am left wondering about his decision to not be part of that number. Is the Senate a club for incumbency or does he really value life and results? And to call Murkowski a “strong leader?” I mean, come on.
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