Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott introduced late Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 race, about two months earlier than the beginning of voting in Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
The South Carolina senator made the shock announcement on “Sunday Night time in America” with Trey Gowdy. The information comes as Scott continued to wrestle within the polls and simply days after the third Republican major debate, by which he once more failed to interrupt via.

His marketing campaign spokesperson Nathan Model confirmed the information to The Related Press. Gowdy stated after the interview that the announcement stunned him.
Scott, the Senate’s solely Black Republican, introduced his intention to run in Could. He entered the race with additional cash than another Republican candidate however couldn’t discover a lane in a area dominated by former President Donald Trump.
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