CNN —Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is suspending his presidential campaign, he announced in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
“Tim ran an optimistic, hopeful message — but that’s not where the Republican base is right now,” a Republican official who supported Scott told CNN.
Scott said he has no intention of accepting a vice presidential nomination, reaffirming a position he repeated frequently on the campaign trail.
The South Carolina senator entered the race with a major cash advantage after he converted his Senate campaign account into a presidential fund.
He held the seat for more than a decade before his election to the South Carolina House in 2008.
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