If you’ve ever visited your aunt who asks, “So, any special someone?” every single holiday, you’ll sympathize with Tim Scott. He’s been asked about marriage since his twenties. In a 2014 interview, he said his mother used to ask him, “When are you going to get married?” to which he’d reply, “Mom, I don’t even have a girlfriend.” It’s the political equivalent of telling your grandma you’re “focusing on your career”—except your career involves nuclear codes and the filibuster.
He’s even joked that he’s “married to the Senate,” which is a line you’d expect from a character in a rom-com who eventually meets a quirky bookstore owner. But for Scott, it’s been a genuine season of life—decades of campaigning, voting, and shaking hands. Try finding time to date when your job requires you to be nice to everyone for 18 hours a day.
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Imagine trying to impress someone on a first date, but you have to avoid discussing healthcare reform or the debt ceiling. That’s the tightrope Tim Scott walks. He’s said that dating in the public eye is “like trying to find a needle in a haystack while the haystack is on fire.” You can’t just swipe right on a senator—you’d need a background check and a security clearance first.
There have been rumors over the years, of course. He was linked to a few women, but nothing ever stuck like a permanent campaign bumper sticker. One report mentioned he was “dating around,” which in political terms means he probably went to two coffee shops in a month and didn’t propose on national TV.
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And let’s be real: if he did get married, the wedding would probably be a bipartisan spectacle. You’d have the flower girl carrying a balanced budget. The cake would be iced with “We disagree, but we love this couple.” It’s exhausting just thinking about it.