As South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott prepares for a likely 2024 presidential bid, CBS News has exclusively learned he would name longtime aide and former chief of staff Jennifer DeCasper to be his campaign manager.
FILE: Jennifer DeCasper, Chief of Staff, Office of US Senator Tim Scott speaks during the 6th Annual Women Rule Summit at a hotel in Washington, DC on December 11, 2018.
"Americans are starving for hope. They're starving for optimism and in a positive approach to solving the problems that we have," he told CBS News when he launched his exploratory committee."What I've heard from the American people is that they want us to focus on them, not on each other. And I'm going to do that."
But DeCasper started her job search during the 2008 economic crisis and struggled to find work at a law firm or on Capitol Hill.
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