‘So Thoughtful, So Intellectual, So Clear’: Tim Scott is Winning the Fox News Veepstakes

Fox News Hosts appeared to throw their support behind Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) bid to become Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate by touting him as “so thoughtful, so intellectual, so clear” on what they called “the Republican brand.”

On Thursday’s Outnumbered, the hosts played recent video of Scott shaking hands and answering voters’ questions.

“What I find fascinating from what we just watched, is, that was him showing, ‘I have chops to be your VP,'” McEnany said. “Because, in addition to winning over independents, winning over suburban moms, the VP pick must be someone who is the most effective voice for Donald Trump as he is embattled in these court battles. He just proved he can handle that.”

Emily Compagno agreed:

What I thought this illustrated so beautifully, is that Donald Trump has surrounded himself not with facsimile robots, but with independent thinkers that are committed to the ideals and values of conservatism and the Republican Party. It just goes to show for me the brand versus party, and the brand versus values that the GOP is constantly fighting against the Democrats about.

And what I mean by that is, every time you put a surrogate for Biden up, they say the same, “Biden is great and everything is fine.” It’s over-simplified, it’s over-generalized, it’s, honestly, it’s not thoughtful. They are facsimiles of each other because they have the brand down.

And the GOP, where we struggle, is that brand identification, but we are committed to the ideals and values. So, we have Tim Scott, so thoughtful, so intellectual, so clear about where he stands on issues. He’s not just saying, “What does Trump think? Ok, I’m going to say it.” He’s saying, “This is what I think and you can trust me, because this is what we all need right now. And, yes, and the army of Christ is absolutely rising up and he’s tapping into that, too.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.