Demint Replacement is Another Ridiculous Tea Partier
December 19, 2012
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as posted by the channel"Tim Scott is America's newest senator today after getting tapped by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) to fill the vacancy left by former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC). DeMint announced this month that he was leaving the Senate to head up the Heritage Foundation, an arch-conservative think tank in Washington DC.
Though DeMint left big, controversial shoes to fill for Republicans, few conservatives will be disappointed with Scott's record. Elected to Congress just two years ago in the Tea Party wave, Scott has already garnered headlines for his plan to impeach President Obama, his legislation to cut off union members' children from food stamps, and his defense of Big Oil."*
People cheered when Tea Party darling Senator Jim Demint (R-SC) announced he was leaving office. But his replacement's record indicates we're in for more of the same from Tim Scott, who wanted to impeach Obama, cut food stamps for anyone on strike, and slashed HIV/AIDS budget. Ben Mankiewicz (Host, Turner Classic Movies) and Jimmy Dore (The Jimmy Dore Show) break it down.
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