Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) defended America’s Founding Fathers in a Tuesday video released by his presidential campaign to commemorate Independence Day.
“Our Founding Fathers were geniuses who should be celebrated, not canceled,” he says in the clip.
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This comes as the United States has seen a growing trend of rejecting past leaders for their failure to live up to present-day standards. As a result, countless statues and monuments have been removed while buildings and streets have been renamed. Some of the removed monuments have been in tribute to Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Philip Schuyler, and Thomas Jefferson, among others.
In the video, Scott stands in front of military planes thanking “patriots who fought on the battlefield for freedom.
“Only in America could the son of a single mother rise from poverty to become a candidate for president. America is the land of opportunity, not a land of oppression. I know it because I’ve lived it,” he tells viewers.
As part of the South Carolina Republican’s celebration of the holiday, he will march in the 4th of July parade in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Tuesday afternoon.
Next week, Scott will travel back to Iowa, where he will speak at the Family Leadership Summit. Fellow candidates vying for the Republican nomination will also be attending the event. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), Vivek Ramaswamy, former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson are all confirmed to attend.
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According to the website, former President Donald Trump was invited to the event but has yet to confirm.
Scott is polling at 3% among potential Republican primary voters, per Morning Consult. The senator is tied for fifth with fellow South Carolinian Haley, and behind Ramaswamy (6%), Pence (7%), DeSantis (19%), and Trump (57%).
