'She said YES': Sen. Tim Scott announces engagement



Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina announced that he is engaged.

"She said YES. Mindy, thank you for making me the luckiest man in the world," Scott tweeted, sharing a photo that captured him down on one knee and another photo of the happy couple smiling together.

Scott said they plan to get married this year, according to the Washington Post, which noted that Scott, 58, has never been married, but was previously engaged over 20 years ago.

"As a guy who is mostly an introvert and on the quiet side, having to have a conversation about the engagement is a little, you know, uncomfortable in a way, but it's the most exciting thing I'll do with my life besides making Jesus my Lord," Scott said, according to the Washington Post. "I've been very patient and prayerful, and I'm really excited and somewhat nervous, and I couldn't be more thankful for having found a soul mate and someone who shares a lot of the same interests, passions and goals that I do," he noted.

"My joke is as soon as I saw her picture, I figured it out. But the truth is about two weeks into it, I knew there was something very different about her and her faith," he said, according to the Post. "In our first conversation that went about an hour and a half or two, we ended up deciding to do a Bible study together."

Scott, who launched a presidential bid but later dropped out last year, endorsed former President Donald Trump last week, even as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who appointed Scott to the U.S. Senate more than a decade ago, challenges Trump for the GOP presidential nod.

"Congratulations, Tim and Mindy! Sharon and I are so happy for both of you, and wish you a long, happy life together," GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, who also endorsed Trump earlier this month, tweeted in response to Scott's engagment announcement on X.

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Adventures in dialogue with the other side

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As I read the president's skepticism to importing people from a known terrorist-sponsoring state, I wondered where Emily was seeing bigotry here. So I decided to earnestly engage her with the following:

Clearly, there must be arguments on the Left that don't always devolve into identity politics, race cards, etc. At least I hope there are. And yet ... Emily chose to respond with more of the same.

Right away, you can see we're having two totally difference conversations. She wants to drown in identity politics. I want see if we have sound public policy to protect innocent Americans, regardless of how they identify. Thus, I asked her what her screening process would be. Check out her answer:

She flippantly sent me the form/guidelines for applying for citizenship, which of course didn't answer my question. Not one to be easily deterred, I decided to try again.

More race-baiting identity politics. Surely, two somewhat intelligent members of the media can set the ad hominem aside long enough to have an adult conversation on an open forum with our thousands of followers watching? I decided to give it another go.

Apparently we can't.

Nevertheless, my Savior leaves 99 found sheep behind to go and bring back the one that is lost, like I was. Therefore, I gave Emily one more opportunity to tell me what substantive issues she has with our immigration policies in general and the president's concerns about importing folks from enemy regimes in particular.

I never got a reply back.

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