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Tim Scott
U.S. Senator — South Carolina · Chairman, Senate Banking Committee
Voted to certify both states on January 6, 2021, having said that morning that he had supported the president's right to pursue lawful challenges but that no judge or fact finder had found evidence the results should be overturned. He has restated that position since, including in 2024. He then voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial and to block the independent commission on the attack. At the 2024 convention he called the president an American lion. In the second term he chairs the Senate Banking Committee, where he has carried the administration's nominees through, and chairs the party's Senate campaign arm for the 2026 midterms.
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May 28, 2021
Voted to block the independent commission on the attack
Voted against cloture on the bill to establish a National Commission on the January 6 Attack. The motion drew 54 votes to 35, short of the 60 it needed, and the independent commission was never created.
Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 218, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.
Feb 13, 2021
Voted to acquit at the second impeachment trial
Voted not guilty on the article charging incitement of insurrection. The vote was 57 to 43, ten short of the two thirds required to convict.
Source: U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 59, 117th Cong., 1st Sess.