By Evaristo Lara
Jun 19, 2024, 16:34 PM EDT
The senator from South Carolina will meet with Republican mega-donor opponents of Donald Trump with the aim of convincing them to allocate funds to the New Yorker’s campaign who aspires to return to the White House.
The possible running mate of the 78-year-old Republican took on the challenge of trying to earn his nomination in search of the vice presidency with the money he manages to raise through donations. people like Ken Griffin, founder of the Citadel hedge fund; o Bill Ackman, fund executive at Pershing Square Capital; both characters reluctant for Trump to become a Republican presidential candidate.
In the case of Ackman, since last year he was in charge of financing Nikki Haley’s campaign, but later he has also allocated resources to the independent Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.
Therefore, the mission of the African American Tim Scott is to get them to now support Trump with resources aimed at strengthening his image in the nearly five months that remain in the race to define the winner of the elections.
In fact, The South Carolina senator has served as an important generator of financial resources for the former president of the nation.
The 58-year-old politician, in addition to having strong ties with the African-American community, is characterized by the good relationship cultivated with very important conservative donors.
It was from this group of billionaires and businessmen that support for his campaign in search of the Republican candidacy arose.
However, this was not enough to overshadow Donald Trump and, Although at first he rejected the idea of aspiring to a possible vice presidency, at the express invitation of the favorite in the majority of the polls, he decided to collaborate to promote a possible victory. in the elections next November.
Under this approach, Scott organized a meeting with Great Opportunity Policy, a non-profit group, and the result of said event could consolidate his option to be chosen by Trump.
The truth is that, until the celebration of the Republican National Convention, scheduled to take place from July 15 to 18, the name of the conservative character who will appear alongside the magnate on the ballot will not be officially known.
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