Tim Scott is America’s newest senator today after getting tapped by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) to fill the vacancy left by former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). DeMint announced this month that he was leaving the Senate to head up the Heritage Foundation, an arch-conservative think tank in Washington DC.
Though DeMint left big, controversial shoes to fill for Republicans, few conservatives will be disappointed with Scott’s record. Elected to Congress just two years ago in the Tea Party wave, Scott has already garnered headlines for his plan to impeach President Obama, his legislation to cut off union members’ children from food stamps, and his defense of Big Oil.
TP’s Scott Keyes gives a quick overview of Scott’s past positions and, yeah, the guys completely batshit insane. So basically, no change.
Did I mention that polling shows Scott would’ve lost an election to late night comedian and S. Carolina native Stephen Colbert? So yeah…
