Report: Nikki Haley to Name Tim Scott to Replace DeMint
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will announce whom she's picked to replace Sen. Jim DeMint in a press conference Monday at noon, and The New York Times now reports that person will be Rep. Tim Scott. The move would make Scott, an African-American Tea Party Republican whom DeMint reportedly preferred as his successor, the only black member of the Senate. DeMint is leaving the Senate early to lead the Heritage Foundation.
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Overqualified comedian Stephen Colbert launched a Twitter campaign to get Haley to appoint him to the seat. Haley played along by publishing a massive oppo research dump on Colbert on Facebook.
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