Elon Musk gave a boost to GOP Sen. Tim Scott’s presidential campaign with a tweet praising Scott’s stance against America’s victimhood culture.
got a huge boost within hours of its launch — as the world’s highest-profile billionaire praised the South Carolina senator’s message of personal responsibility.Friday, as he tweeted out a Scott campaign ad decrying America’s victimhood obsession.
“Today’s kids are growing up immersed in a culture where everyone’s a victim,” Scott, the US Senate’s sole black Republican, says in the 30-second spot, part ofset to roll out this week in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. “We need to start teaching the necessity of individual responsibility,” the 57-year-old legislator tells a crowd of voters in a town-hall setting.
“If you are able-bodied, you work,” Scott continues. “If you take out a loan, you pay it back. If you commit a violent crime, you go to jail. Can I get an amen?” By Saturday afternoon, the late-Friday tweet had been viewed more than 14 million times — delighting the senator, whose modest Twitter following stands at just 70,000.
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