Tim Scott dismisses Trump legal battles’ effect on voters amid vice president speculation

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said voters won’t be concerned over former President Donald Trump‘s legal battles or be swayed by the rulings of judges and juries against him.

“The average person in our country, Martha, they’re not talking about lawsuits,” he told ABC This Week host Martha Raddatz after being prompted on a New York jury’s order Friday for Trump to pay $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll for defamation.

Raddatz pressed Scott over whether the jury’s order gives him, specifically, “any pause.” But Scott reiterated that he and American voters aren’t particularly interested in what the courts decide regarding Trump. The most important thing, he said, is “a return to normalcy as it affects their kitchen table.”

“They were better off under Trump,” he said of voters.

The dispute with Carroll is just one of Trump’s many legal battles, which span civil disputes and federal criminal charges against the former president. However, the various legal proceedings against Trump have only served to shore up his support among Republicans.

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Scott noted that Trump’s support is surpassing that of 2016, telling Raddatz his popularity in South Carolina, which will hold its primary on Feb. 24, has “never been higher.”

He reiterated that it was clear when he ended his own presidential bid that voters wanted a second Trump presidency, but he said it is even more obvious now, several months later.

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