Former congressman Mark Sanford is mulling a long-shot bid for the GOP primary and says the President doesn't deserve to be re-elected. But if it comes to voting for Trump or a Democrat, Sanford says he'd back the President.
The former South Carolina representative is mulling a long-shot bid against Trump for the Republican primary and he told NBC on"Meet the Press" Sunday that the President doesn't deserve to be reelected because Trump is taking the country in the"wrong direction." Sanford said there needs to be a"course correction." But if it comes to voting for Trump or a Democrat, Sanford said he would have to back the President.
Republican warns Trump: A big storm is coming 02:06In July, Sanford told CNN's Brianna Keilar he would explore a possible candidacy. He said there has been"no discussion of debt, deficit and government spending in Washington these days," and that would be a focal point of his candidacy. At the time, the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Drew McKissick, said in a statement,"The last time Mark Sanford had an idea this dumb, it killed his Governorship.
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