It was late October and Tim Scott’s campaign manager, Jennifer DeCasper, was trying to rally the troops on an all-staff call, announcing that they would soon relocate to Iowa in a last-ditch move to salvage his floundering presidential bid.
She broke the news from the back seat of an Uber, according to four people familiar with the call.
As the car bumped through the streets of Chicago after a Scott speech had run long, Ms. DeCasper insisted, “We are not failing.”But by then, even many of those around Mr. Scott believed his candidacy had already run its course.
And his super PAC had canceled its own television ads days before Ms. DeCasper’s staff call.
From 2020 to 2022, Mr. Ellison donated $35 million to Scott-aligned groups, and a huge check had seemed a foregone conclusion when Mr. Ellison showed up at the Scott kickoff and got a shout-out from the stage.
Persons:
Tim Scott’s, Jennifer DeCasper, Uber, Scott, DeCasper, “, Larry Ellison, Ellison
Organizations:
PAC, Scott
Locations:
Iowa, Chicago