Sen. Tim Scott Launches 2024 Presidential Exploratory Committee

South Carolina Senator Tim Scott is set to launch a presidential exploratory committee on April 12, making him the first potential 2024 Republican candidate to create a formal committee devoted to raising money to explore a presidential bid. The move acts as a soft launch for an all-but-certain Scott presidential campaign. Scott's first challenge will be testing if Republican primary voters want the optimistic vision he is selling over the us-versus-them rhetoric coming from repeat favorite Donald Trump.