The highly anticipated political convention launched in North Carolina — but a rising conservative star from South Carolina stole the show.

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. headlined the Monday night festivities and his speech earned rave reviews from both sides of the aisle. Supporters say Scott's powerful message that put liberals on notice — conservatives aren't out of the 2020 election.

Scott sent an optimistic message during a moment of racial strife and denounced the radical left vying for power.

He ended the night with a speech praising President Donald Trump's economy, and discussing his personal story of struggling financially and in school. But, Scott noted, his family overcame socioeconomic and racial adversity to go "from cotton to Congress in one lifetime," adding that he, as a "poor, Black kid from a single-parent household," could win in an overwhelmingly white district "because of the evolution of the southern heart."

Fox News' Dana Perino called Scott a "national treasure," in light of the address.

His delivered speech touched on a number of issues facing America, and supporters said it meant one thing:

The Democrats are in trouble.