November 9th 2023.
Presidential candidate Tim Scott had a lot to prove during the third Republican debate on Nov. 8 in Miami, and he waited until the very end to make the ultimate reveal. As the debate came to a close, a mystery blond woman appeared and a statement from Scott's campaign confirmed it was his girlfriend, Mindy Noce. Noce is a design and renovations manager from Charleston, SC, and the couple had been dating for about a year.
Scott had been under a lot of pressure from donors to reveal details about his love life, and during a post-debate interview he described Noce as a "lovely Christian girl". It's standard for candidates to show off their significant others and families on the campaign trail to appeal to voters, and if Scott were elected president he would be the first unmarried president in over 139 years according to The New York Post.
During the two-and-half-hour-long debate, Scott exchanged heated words with fellow candidates Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis on issues such as the ban of TikTok, U.S. aid to Ukraine, abortion, and the crisis in Israel. His faith-based messaging tended to be overshadowed by his competitors, and when discussing the U.S. involvement in the war in Israel he suggested that federal funding towards universities and visas for foreign students should be revoked if they are against Israeli support.
While Scott barely qualified to participate in the third RNC debate, GOP strategist Rob Stutzman said he had a good night, but not good enough. He has one chance to make a mark at the next RNC debate on Dec. 6 in Tuscaloosa, AL, but the qualifications are much stricter. To participate, candidates must have 6% support in at least two polls and 80,000 unique donors from 20 or more states.
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