As Democrats bailed out Republicans to avert a MAGA government shutdown that could have halted pay for thousands of South Carolina servicemembers, stunted families’ abilities to feed their babies, and thrown our state into economic turmoil — Senator Tim Scott was across the country in California, putting his political aspirations above the people he was elected to serve.
This isn’t the first important vote he’s missed since announcing his run for president. In case you missed it:
ABC News: How Tim Scott’s run for president is affecting his role as senator
Key points:
- Just a few hours before the Saturday night deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to keep the government open for 45 more days by a vote of 88-9. Only two senators were not present: Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who posted on X that she was sick with COVID, and South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, who was the keynote speaker at the California GOP Convention Friday.
- When asked last month at Faith & Freedom’s Fall Banquet in Iowa if he would vote to shut down the government over the budget, Scott responded he would vote against a deal as he did back in June.
- It’s not the first time Scott has missed a Senate floor vote.
- Recently, he missed the confirmation of Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — the highest ranking general in the military.
- In June, he was the only senator to miss the confirmation of civil rights lawyer Dale Ho as a federal judge.
- Although none of the votes he has missed have had an influence on the final result, the public is losing insight on how Scott would approach key issues as president.
