But the next presidential election is in 2024. SUMMERS: I have to ask, though, you did say in 2022 you're running for reelection. And if you understand the evolution of the Southern heart that made the possibility of me becoming president of the student government, I hope that that same evolution has been manifest in the policy positions that I have fought for and have successfully accomplished on the Republican side of the aisle. I would say that the Republican Party today - I hope that we are all the great opportunity party, those of us who believe. And to then walk into the school and three years later to become the president of the student government with a 70% majority white student body showed me the progress that can be made in very little time. My long answer is that we have to go back three years before I ran for president of student government and realize that in my eighth-grade year, there were race riots at my high school. SCOTT: My answer - the short answer is yes. So I asked Senator Scott about his party today and whether he thinks we currently live in an environment where a Black man could be the Republican nominee for president of the United States. But he says at the time that he almost doubted whether a young Black man in the South even had a chance. SUMMERS: But Scott also writes in equal measure about his confidence and what he calls his first presidential bid - that was to lead his high school student government association in 1982. It was, literally, going into an office with my knees buckling, asking for help, and then being treated with respect and dignity. I know that it sounds kind of simple to people who can afford braces, but for me, it wasn't. SCOTT: From asking girls out to being teased at school for having buck teeth. SUMMERS: Almost seems like a fitting way to roll out a memoir titled "America, A Redemption Story." In it, Senator Scott recounts how some vulnerable moments of shaped his worldview, like being raised by a single mother who worked grueling shifts as a nurse's aide, or the pain of struggling with his own self-image, which led him to an orthodontist's office at age 19 because, he said, it affected every facet of his being. SCOTT: Fortunately, they were kind enough to get it right by issuing an apology and recognizing their mistake. The book's publisher said that was their bad. I asked him about that when we spoke last week because a summary and advance copies of his new memoir, which is out today, said he was preparing to run for the White House. TIM SCOTT: I am only running for my reelection in 2022.
Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, has this to say about his political future.
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