Tim Scott’s potential 2024 message tests GOP voter appetite for positivity, strategists say
Tim Scott, South Carolina’s first Black senator and the first southern Black senator in over a century, is traveling to early primary states sharing his vision for a more unified country as he lays the groundwork for a presidential campaign. In a recent speech in Des Moines, Iowa Scott said that he saw a, “new American sunrise” that burns better than before. ABC News spoke with GOP activists and strategists who believe Scott is seeking to gain voters' support through consensus building and policy,
Texas Senate revives effort to make illegal voting a felony
Despite the lack of evidence of widespread voter fraud, the Texas Senate seems intent on raising the penalty for voting illegally from a misdemeanor to a second-degree felony. State Senator Bryan Hughes filed Senate Bill 2 on February 23rd, which would both make illegal voting a felony and change the standard for determining someone's intent who has illegally voted. Currently, an individual violates the law when they “knowingly or intentionally” vote or try to vote in an election in which they “know they’re not
‘Shockingly reckless’: Fox News hosts privately shot down Trump’s ‘big lie’ over election fraud
According to a court filing in Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against the network, Fox News hosts privately shared that they did not believe then-President Donald Trump’s allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, despite devoting airtime to many of those same false claims. In addition to Fox hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingram, Fox Corporation chair Rupert Murdoch also spoke privately against former-President Trump’s claims calling them “really crazy stuff” and “damaging.” Dominion Voting Systems filed the lawsuit against Fox News
Rep. Barbara Lee joins race for California US Senate seat
United States Representative Barbara Lee officially launched her campaign for the California Senate seat held by retiring Senator Dianne Feinstein. Lee joins a competitive primary field which already includes Representatives Katie Porter and Adam Schiff. In her announcement this Tuesday Lee emphasized that she's “never backed down from doing what’s right. And [
This Virginia congressional election could make history
Democratic candidate Jennifer McClellan will face Republican Leon Benjamin on Tuesday February 21st in a special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District. The election is being held to determine who will fill the seat of late Representative Donald McEachin who passed away in November after a battle with colorectal cancer. McClellan is favored to win the election based on the area's voting history and, if victorious, she will make history as Virginia’s first black woman elected to Congress. Visit ABC News to learn more Image Credit: VCU