South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott leads with optimism and empathy and preaches unity . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reflexively counterpunches at all comers and stokes political divisions with promises to destroy leftism . On matters of policy the pair are aligned more often than not . But their messaging reflects diametrically opposing assessments of what GOP voters want in an alternative to former President Donald Trump the current frontrunner for the partys nomination . Scott is betting Republicans want to pick their battles more selectively . De Santis has vowed to end the political fights Trump started by winning them . Scott meanwhile peppers his remarks with uplifting platitudes about restoring the dignity of the US Capitol . The TimesSiena poll of likely Iowa Republican voters showed DeSantas comfortably in second place though points behind Trump at compared with Scott . But despite those sentiments Republican voters are still gravitating toward Trump and to a lesser extent De Santas over Scott . The New York TimesSiensa poll shows DeSants is comfortably in third place . Scott says he has repeatedly told voters that he saw people defecate on the streets of San Francisco when he visited this summer. He often opens his remarks of . San Francisco. He has frequently told voters . He has repeatedly . told voters he sees people . defecating on the . streets of the . San . Francisco when they visited the . suburbs of San Diego when he visits this summer when he . visited . He said he saw People defecated on the street of San . He visited the streets in San Francisco and said he sees them defecates on the beach. When he visited. He said. He was a good example of a good Samaritan’s ‘solicitor
Ron DeSantis and Tim Scott test whether Republicans want a brawler or uniter
