SEN TIM SCOTT: My family's journey shows America's founding promise is alive and strong

Only in America can a family go from cotton to Congress in one lifetime. My grandfather saw his grandson win elections in the birthplace of the Confederacy. A state that once pledged allegiance to the Confederate states elected a Black man to the United States Senate . In one lifetime, by the grace of our Almighty God and the evolution of the southern heart, we saw the change America was destined for and a future that expanded the promise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to all Ame