{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sen-scott-hosts-15th-annual-south-carolina-prayer-breakfast-urges-nation-to-overcome-evil-with-good/", "Sen. Scott Hosts 15th Annual South Carolina Prayer Breakfast, Urges Nation to \u201covercome evil with good\u201d", "2025-09-16", "2025", "2025-09", "Republican", "Senate", "SC", "Tim Scott", "S001184", "www.scott.senate.gov", "timscott", "https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/jsf/jet-engine:press-list", "scraper", "Watch the full remarks from Senator Scott and all the speakers here.\n\nWASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) today hosted his 15th South Carolina Prayer Breakfast, bringing together hundreds of South Carolinians, including elected officials, faith leaders, and community members. This annual, nonpartisan, multi-faith gathering offers attendees an opportunity to reflect on shared values and the role of faith in public service.\n\nThis year\u2019s event came at a particularly solemn time following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and Senator Scott addressed the tragic loss, urging attendees to overcome evil with good.\n\n\u201cHow do you respond to such an evil attack? I think the gospel of Jesus Christ is where we should take a look,\u201d said Sen. Scott. \u201cIt\u2019s incredibly important that we take a step back from the \u2018who,\u2019 and take a step forward into looking into the mirror and asking ourselves, \u2018How do we as individuals not be overcome with evil, but instead overcome evil with good?\u2019\n\n\u201cWhen nine African Americans in Charleston, SC, lost their lives because somebody, a racist, walked into the church and wanted to start a race war, they misjudged those Christians. Because what they did in less than 36 hours, they looked the killer in the eyes \u2013 their family members did \u2013 and leaned on the power of Matthew 5:44 to love your enemies, to pray for those who persecute you. They offered forgiveness and as a result of that, our state came together,\u201d he continued.\n\n\u201cIf we want the kind of response nationwide, let\u2019s have a place of civility where we can debate, disagree vehemently on the foundational principles, the philosophies that govern us. But let\u2019s not demonize people who are not like us. If we can\u2019t do that, we cannot be one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.\u201d\n\nClick here to view the event photo gallery.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:10:29Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.scott.senate.gov/media-center/press-releases/sen-scott-hosts-15th-annual-south-carolina-prayer-breakfast-urges-nation-to-overcome-evil-with-good/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9998157620429993, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}