By Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner | SOURCE: THE GAZETTE
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) will endorse former President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Friday in a blow to his fellow South Carolinian, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
Scott, who ended his own presidential bid in the fall, plans to endorse Trump at a rally in New Hampshire, just days before the state’s first-in-the-nation primary, a source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
The choice to back Trump rather than Haley is particularly significant, given Haley and Scott’s history. When Haley was governor of South Carolina, she appointed Scott to the Senate in 2012 to replace former Sen. Jim DeMint.