I do look forward to the releasing of the car cam, but at this point it’s hard for us to know what’s going on, other than those folks who are looting and robbing and causing violence, it will not help the problem get better. I believe that God has put you in a very strategic position. You are young, you’re single, you’re a Christian, you’re serving in D.C., you’re working on critical issues before us as a nation, and you are a person under conviction in terms of the things that you are working for and working toward. If not now, when? Our approach, Trey Gowdy, Congressman Gowdy and I have decided to first work with law enforcement and community leaders on the issue of developing rapport and credibility, so as to have the trust necessary to have a transparent conversation about the problems that have persisted for decades. The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina We’re basically saying, look, there are strong conservative solutions that can really impact and improve the welfare of every American family. Rural poverty is very different than poverty on reservations, very different than poverty for native Alaskans. That issue would be building a bridge between law enforcement and many communities of color. Carmen: Amen. 1988: Graduated from Charleston Southern University, Charleston, S.C. I have been one of those guys before, as you have just stated. I’m a big proponent of body cameras. Timothy Eugene Scott is an American politician and businessman serving as the junior United States Senator for South Carolina since 2013. Our mission is to mobilize every Christian to get off the sidelines and into the cultural conversations of the day in ways that honor Jesus. I want to ask how we, because my listeners are primarily Christians, so as your Christian brothers and sisters, how specifically can we be praying for you? In 2010 Scott was elected to the United States House of Representatives for South Carolina's 1st congressional district, where he served from 2011 to 2013. Senator Tim Scott: Well, we certainly should be praying for the victims and for the community in Charlotte without any question. Sen. Tim Scott played racist and derogatory voicemails he and his staff are receiving to Senate GOP colleagues during a closed-door lunch Tuesday, according to several GOP sources. What do you feel like it says about the state of our nation? Scott: Thank you, Carmen, for your willingness to pray for me. The coalition will expand our reach by looking at different definitions of poverty. That’s how I got started. Out of the conversations already, we have started to see the core components of credibility and trust, and that will allow both the community leaders and the law enforcement leaders to present to us the real problems, not just the things that you see on the news, but the problems that prevent healthy interactions. There’s a scripture that comes to mind when you ask that question. Senator from South Carolina 2. Martin Luther King Jr. has said it very well decades ago when he said “violence only begets more violence.” To have a violent response to the situation is never acceptable. I think the prayer of protection, Psalms 91, would be very helpful for me. We are working to bring a clear picture to the very diverse definition of what it means to be poor in America, and/or working class working paycheck to paycheck without much left over. Thank you so much for being with us today on The Reconnect. A prayer specifically for discernment, wisdom, understanding would be incredibly helpful, and certainly a prayer for protection as I travel this nation and confront some of the old enemies of our country, be it spirit or in flesh. There is this racial bias in America, and certainly you as a member of the US Senate you’ve testified on the floor that you’ve experienced that firsthand.