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The Tim Scott Speech and a Nation Accountable to God: Jim Pfaff Live from the RNC Midterm Convention | Sep 9, 2026

Published: September 9, 2026
Network: TCC Live — RNC Midterm Convention coverage, Dallas
Analysis: Conservative Caucus President Jim Pfaff

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Day one of the 2026 RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas brought a run of speeches, and Conservative Caucus President Jim Pfaff paused TCC’s live feed from the media suite to name the one that stayed with him. The Tim Scott speech was fantastic, he said, and the sentiment of the night is incredibly useful for what TCC is trying to communicate to America. What followed was six minutes on relativism, on a legal system meant to treat everyone the same, and on the founders’ reasons for limited government.

This is Pfaff alone at the desk on September 9, 2026, live from The Conservative Caucus media suite at the convention, during a break in TCC’s coverage ahead of President Trump’s speech.

Topics Covered

• The Tim Scott Speech and the Sentiment for November
• Blind Lady Justice and a Law Bent to Political Use
• The Point Scott Made About James Talarico
• John Adams, Limited Government, and Accountability
• The Fear of God Means a Just Judge, Not a Cruel One
• What Comes Next at the RNC Midterm Convention — and How to Reach TCC
• Key Takeaways

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The Tim Scott Speech and the Sentiment for November

Pfaff opened with the night as a whole before narrowing to Scott.

“Great speeches tonight. The sentiment is incredibly useful for what we’re trying to communicate to America.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

He named the task in one sentence: one of the things he thinks we have to absolutely do moving forward in this election is really tell the American people we are not for the godless nation that has relativistic morals and a relativistic way of dealing with law. That is the message he wants carried into the election, alongside our coverage of Republican enthusiasm heading into the midterm convention.

Blind Lady Justice and a Law Bent to Political Use

Pfaff put a mechanism under that phrase.

“One of the biggest problems with the Democrat Party is that they will use the law and bend it to their will if they can. If they can find the right judge, if they can find the right case, they will twist our system in a manner that helps them politically.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

The right judge and the right case are the two inputs he named, and his next line was that blind lady justice does not exist. He then said what the figure is supposed to mean.

“Blind lady justice is our way of thinking about what the legal system should be so that everyone’s treated exactly the same.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

Treated exactly the same is the standard; Democrats, he charged, are not interested in having that be the case.

The Point Scott Made About James Talarico

The part of the Tim Scott speech Pfaff came back to was about James Talarico. Scott made the point over and over, Pfaff said, and Pfaff’s own characterization was blunt: a pretend Christian who is really an anti-Christian. He did not treat it as one candidate’s problem.

That claim — that God judges nations — is what the rest of the segment rests on.

John Adams, Limited Government, and Accountability

The men who founded the country were not all strict Christians, he said, but all of them believed God actually does rule the universe in some way or another, and knew they were accountable to him.

That belief produced a structure — limited government built on representative democracy, where the people were required to be responsible for their own actions. Then the quotation he reached for.

“This is why John Adams famously said that the Constitution, in his estimation, was created for a moral and religious people and wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

Pfaff drew the line straight from it — you cannot have adequate government without an understanding that God judges your nation if you do not do well. TCC previewed the week’s broadcast plans in our coverage of the RNC Midterm Convention in Dallas.

The Fear of God Means a Just Judge, Not a Cruel One

Pfaff anticipated the objection. People talk about the fear of God and think it is merely a scary thing, as though God were some cruel, mean dictator. He rejected that reading.

“He’s a just judge. He judges what’s right and wrong honestly and truthfully based upon our understanding of the Ten Commandments.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

There is no intention of God being cruel and mean, he said, but God is just, and there is a punishment for injustice. The country used to understand that — it knew it had to be accountable, and therefore had better make the right decisions.

The Democrat Party does not stand for that at all, Pfaff said. It is a godless party, and even those in it who say they honor God promote policies built on a relativism that says whatever works for the political circumstance is what is right. Things go bad naturally, he said, when a country does not anchor in that truth. Which brought him back to where he started.

“So I was very glad to hear Tim Scott talk like he did.”
— Jim Pfaff, President, The Conservative Caucus

What Comes Next at the RNC Midterm Convention — and How to Reach TCC

Pfaff closed with the schedule. TCC was taking a break from the live feed and coming back long before President Trump came out to speak, with probably a couple of interviews and some time spent setting up his entrance. When Trump took the stage, TCC would carry every bit of it live on viewers’ favorite social media network and at theconservativecaucus.com.

If you want TCC to react to something you are seeing, go to the bottom of the page, click the contact link and leave a message — the team monitors it. Day two would bring more interviews. The follow handles are TC Caucus on X and The Conservative Caucus on Facebook, with every account, the contact form and the donate button at theconservativecaucus.com.

Key Takeaways

1. The Tim Scott speech set the tone for day one – Pfaff called the night’s speeches great, Scott’s fantastic, and the sentiment incredibly useful for what TCC is communicating to America.
2. The election message is a rejection of relativism – One of the things Pfaff thinks we have to do in this election is tell the American people we are not for the godless nation with relativistic morals and a relativistic way of dealing with law.
3. The legal mechanism is the right judge and the right case – Democrats will bend the law to their will when they can find both, which is why Pfaff says blind lady justice does not exist.
4. Limited government came from accountability – The founders, not all strict Christians, believed God actually does rule the universe in some way or another and that they were accountable to him, and built a government where people are responsible for their own actions.
5. John Adams named the limit – As Pfaff quoted him, the Constitution, in Adams’ estimation, was created for a moral and religious people and wholly inadequate for the government of any other.
6. The fear of God is a just judge, not a cruel one – God judges right and wrong honestly based on the Ten Commandments, and there is a punishment for injustice.

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The Conservative Caucus is a grassroots public policy action organization, formed in 1974. Headed by President Jim Pfaff, the Caucus is committed to advancing free enterprise, limited government, and traditional values.

Originally broadcast Sep 9, 2026 live from The Conservative Caucus media suite at the 2026 RNC Midterm Convention, Dallas.