'Great meeting': Tim Scott reveals Trump's 'all in' to help GOP protect majority in 2026 midterms

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the caller seat of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, says President-elect Trump is on-board to assistance the legislator successful his ngo to support and grow the recently won GOP bulk successful the Senate.

Scott, who past week was elected by his Republican colleagues arsenic seat of the Senate GOP run committee, met with the erstwhile and aboriginal president astatine Trump's Mar-a-Lago edifice successful Palm Beach, Florida.

"Just had a large gathering with President @realDonaldTrump! He's each successful to assistance the @NRSC support a Republican bulk for his full 4 years AND make a procreation of opportunity!" Scott wrote in a societal media station connected Thursday night.

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After losing the Senate bulk in the 2020 elections, the GOP flipped 4 Democrat-held seats earlier this month, and volition power the enclosure 53-47 erstwhile the adjacent Congress convenes astatine the opening of the caller year.

In his archetypal interrogation pursuing his predetermination arsenic NRSC chair, Scott told Fox News Digital past week that "what we’re going to bash is support the seats that we person and grow the representation truthful that we tin summation the bulk brought to america by the Trump victory."

In this month's elections, dissimilar successful 2016 and 2020, Trump outperformed galore of the GOP's Senate candidates.

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Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump listens arsenic Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks astatine a superior predetermination nighttime enactment astatine the South Carolina State Fairgrounds successful Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024.  (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Scott told Fox News Digital that helium wants Trump to enactment arsenic overmuch arsenic helium tin successful the 2026 Senate contests.

"Every time and each way, President Trump, I cognize you person a full-time job. I’m going to inquire you to person 2 full-time jobs. Let’s grow this map," Scott emphasized.

He said "that means that each azygous time we request President Trump connected the run trail, doing fundraisers, talking to folks, due to the fact that this is President Donald J. Trump’s party, and we request to marque definite we grow it, from the antheral to the movement. We request him to bash it."

Scott past twelvemonth unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Republican statesmanlike nomination, earlier ending his bid and endorsing Trump. The legislator was a high-profile surrogate for Trump connected the run way this year.

Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump looks to GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina during a Fox News Channel municipality hall, connected Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, successful Greenville, S.C.  (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

While not arsenic favorable arsenic the 2024 Senate map, the 2026 electoral scenery does springiness the Republicans immoderate opportunities to flip seats.

Democratic Sens. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Gary Peters of Michigan are up for re-election successful 2 years successful cardinal battleground states Trump flipped past week.

And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire volition beryllium up for re-election successful a perennial plaything authorities that Trump mislaid but over-performed from his 2020 showing. In Virginia, wherever Trump mislaid by conscionable 5 points past week, Democratic Sen. Mark Warner volition beryllium up for re-election.

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"How bash you grow the map?" Scott asked. "You look astatine Georgia and Michigan and New Hampshire and Virginia. And if you’re stretching - instrumentality a look astatine New Mexico and Minnesota. President Trump was precise competitory successful those states."

But Republicans volition besides person to play defense. GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is up for re-election successful a reliably bluish state. And Sen. Thom Tills of North Carolina is besides up successful 2026, successful a battleground authorities that Trump narrowly won.

Scott emphasized that "the bully quality is arsenic agelong arsenic Susan Collins is running, I deliberation we person a changeable to win. Last time, she won by respective points. This time, she’ll triumph by respective points. Thom Tillis staying successful North Carolina is bully for our party."

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In the 2022 predetermination cycle, erstwhile the Republicans blew a accidental to triumph backmost the majority, NRSC seat Sen. Rick Scott of Florida was criticized for a hands-off attack successful the GOP Senate primaries. 

This past cycle, now-former NRSC seat Sen. Steve Daines of Montana got progressive successful Senate Republican information battles.

Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, seat of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, speaks connected Sept. 5, 2024 successful Las Vegas, Nevada, astatine the Republican Jewish Coalition's yearly enactment meeting.  (Fox News - Paul Steinhauser)

Asked whether the NRSC volition instrumentality sides successful competitory Republican Senate primaries during his tenure the adjacent 2 years, Scott told Fox News, "I deliberation the champion happening for america to bash is person a household speech adjacent twelvemonth astir what we’re looking at. How we’re going to support that representation and past marque the champion decisions we tin arsenic it relates to making definite that we extremity up with much seats than we presently have."

"Thank God we’re astatine 53. I’d similar to spot 55," Scott added. 

Asked whether holding 55 seats was his goal, Scott joked, "if it were up to me, we’d person 100 seats."

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who easy won re-election earlier this period successful blue-state New York, is expected to instrumentality implicit arsenic seat of the rival Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. Senate Democrats volition clasp their enactment elections aboriginal this year.

David Bergstein, the DSCC communications manager for the past mates of predetermination cycles, told Fox News that "in a challenging governmental environment, Democrats made history. We won aggregate races successful states won by Trump. We dramatically over-performed the statesmanlike results. And for the archetypal clip successful implicit a decade, Senate Democrats person won aggregate races successful states won by the other party's statesmanlike nominee."

"The result of this rhythm puts Senate Democrats successful the strongest imaginable presumption to reclaim the bulk successful 2026," Bergstein touted.