Hey, it's NPR's Book of the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. Okay, I'll be real with you. Political

memoirs aren't my favorite genre of book. I'm pretty sure the only ones I've read were for work.

But I admit they can be useful. You know, when the author comes out to do the promo campaign for it,

you can tell if they've got their eye

at a bigger seat of power and what kind of person they plan on presenting themselves as

if and when they do. Today on the pod, we've got Senator Tim Scott, whose book America A Redemption

Story focuses a lot on this idea of second chances. And in this interview with NPR's Wanda Summers, he's at his

most concrete when he's talking about that, about the second chances he's received and his ideas

for police reform. He gets a lot less specific, though, when Wana starts asking him about January

6th and President Trump's involvement. In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life.

Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors.

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Senator Tim Scott, Republican of South Carolina, has this to say about his political future.

I am only running for my re-election in 2022.

Re-election to the Senate.

I asked him about that when we spoke last week because a summary and advanced copies of his new memoir, which is out today, said he was preparing to run for the White House. The book's

publisher said that was their bad. Fortunately, they were kind enough to get it right by issuing an apology and recognizing their mistake.

Almost seems like a fitting way to roll out a memoir titled America, a redemption story.

In it, Senator Scott recounts how some vulnerable moments have shaped his worldview,

like being raised by a single mother who worked

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