Donald Trump on Tim Scott: “He’s engaged to be married. We never thought this was going to happen. What’s going on?”

While introducing Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) at a Monday night rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, Donald Trump brought up the news that Scott, a former presidential candidate and possible Republican vice-presidential nominee, had just gotten engaged. Scott’s unmarried status had been the source of questions from media and wariness from donors during his campaign.

“Today it was a big story — the biggest story out there. He’s engaged to be married. We never thought this was going to happen. What’s going on?” Trump remarked, before going on to praise the senator.

“A very, very fine person. A man that we work so closely — and I work so closely — with. He was in the Senate, he’s been there now a long time, and one of the most respected people in all of Washington, Sen. Tim Scott, South Carolina,” the former president said.

Scott took the podium and yelled, “All right, all right, all right!” He then prodded the audience to scream if they wanted four more years of Trump.