RT @ShannonBream: Per AP: Gov Haley will announce Sen Demint's replacement at 12p ET today
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Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) December 17, 2012GOP officials are confirming that Gov. Haley (R-S.C.) will announce Sen. DeMint’s temporary replacement today.
Gov. Nikki Haley will announce DeMint replacement at Noon today in South Carolina, GOP officials say.—
Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) December 17, 2012
As Twitchy reported, Sen. DeMint is giving up his Senate seat to head The Heritage Foundation.
Wasting no time: Governor Haley will announce her pick for Senator Demint's Senate seat at noon in Columbia. #TheMorningNews—
Lauren Elise (@laureneliseTV) December 17, 2012
Who will it be? Will Tim Scott, a favorite pick of many, trend again before noon? We suspect she won’t heed Howard “Yeearggh” Dean’s call for comedian Stephen Colbert.
Twitchy will update with the full announcement when made by Gov. Haley.
Update: Reportedly, it is Rep. Tim Scott, now Senator Scott!
Gov Nikki Haley has just announced that Rep. Tim Scott will replace Jim DeMint as SC Senator. Excellent news! Congrats to him.—
Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) December 17, 2012
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will appoint Rep. Tim Scott to Jim DeMint's Senate seat, two GOP sources tell me and @psteinhausercnn—
Peter Hamby (@PeterHambyCNN) December 17, 2012
Great news "@jeffzeleny: Gov. Nikki Haley chooses Tim Scott to replace DeMint as SC senator, three Republicans say. Noon announcement"—
Stephen Parks (@parksspot) December 17, 2012
Twitchy will continue to monitor and will update when the official announcement is made.
Fox News is confirming.
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will name Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., to succeed Sen. Jim DeMint, Fox News confirms—
irritatedwoman™ (@irritatedwoman) December 17, 2012
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will name Rep. Tim Scott, R-S.C., to succeed Sen. Jim DeMint, Fox News confirms—
Bret Baier (@BretBaier) December 17, 2012
And reaction rolls in.
Nice! | RT @OHCONSERVATISM: Tim Scott to replace DeMint in South Carolina.—
Sean Hackbarth (@seanhackbarth) December 17, 2012
CONGRATULATIONS TIM SCOTT! RT @KurtPickhardt Today is going to be historic.—
Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 17, 2012
From a Southern state MT @Kiser: African American Sen Tim Scott appointed by Indian American woman Governor Nikki Haley. GOP is so racist.—
Seton Motley (@SetonMotley) December 17, 2012
#SC Rep. Tim Scott has been named by South Carolina Governor Nicki Haley to replace Senator Jim DeMint Great news!! Great man!—
LisainAZ (@landrews1968) December 17, 2012
Tim Scott beat Strom Thurmond's son in the 2010 House primary. Now he will sit in the seat Thurmond once occupied. bit.ly/T2mv3t—
(@jimgeraghty) December 17, 2012
RT @iowahawkblog: Female Indian-American governor of SC appoints African-American to US Senate; or, in MSNBC Land, "racism"—
Jeff Emanuel (@jeffemanuel) December 17, 2012
@RepTimScott en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Scott…
#tcot #gop #southcarolina @SCGop—
Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) December 17, 2012
Update: The announcement has officially been made.
Official, @nikkihaley has nominated Rep. Tim Scott to fill the seat being vacated by Jim DeMint. Scott on ballot in 2014 for special elex—
Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 17, 2012
Haley: "He earned this seat."—
Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 17, 2012
Haley on Tim Scott said he "earned this seat" — “I have no doubt that he will fly through 2014”—
Alex Pappas (@AlexPappasDC) December 17, 2012
Sen.-to-be Tim Scott accepts appointment with moment of silence for victims in CT.—
Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) December 17, 2012
Scott: "Thank you to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."—
Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 17, 2012
Congratulations to the new senator! Shamefully, yet predictably, the racist Left has already started spewing vicious hate and racial epithets.