Tim Scott and Nikki Haley’s Cold War Is Starting to Turn Hot
In December 2012, when then-Gov. Nikki Haley chose to elevate then-Congressman Tim Scott to be South Carolina’s next senator, she may have thought she was turning a potential political rival into an ally.
Little did she know, she was actually setting Scott on a collision course with her own presidential aspirations.
At the time, both were rising stars in South Carolina—nationally, really—for a Republican Party that, just four months later, would release an “autopsy” of the 2012 campaign highlighting the need for the GOP to win back more voters of color.