Mark Sanford running scared in Trump-fueled primary

[RandySF]

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — GOP Rep. Mark Sanford has spent the past three years torching President Donald Trump, firmly establishing himself as a staunch critic of the commander-in-chief who, unlike so many others in his party, never came around.

Now he’s suddenly at risk of losing his job over it.

The once seemingly safe former South Carolina governor, who’s never lost a bid for political office, is sweating in the final days of his primary race against state Rep. Katie Arrington, a political newcomer who’s cast Sanford as a disloyal Never-Trumper.

Over the past several weeks, Sanford has launched an 11th-hour TV advertising blitz going directly after Arrington, a sure indication that he’s under duress. He’s barnstorming his Lowcountry district. And on Sunday, he released a full-page letter to a local newspaper in which he pleaded with voters to “look at the list of things I have gotten done on your behalf” and asked them to call him on his personal cell phone if they had any questions.

Sanford is one of a string of Republican lawmakers under mounting pressure over their allegiance to the president. Alabama Rep. Martha Roby, who vowed not to vote for then-candidate Trump after the release of the “Access Hollywood” tape in which he bragged about sexually assaulting women, has been forced into a primary runoff. On Tuesday, Virginia Rep. Scott Taylor is facing a long-shot challenge from a former local official who has highlighted critical comments the congressman made about the president.


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/mark-sanford-primary-trump-south-carolina-635357

[JI7]

1. if he was accused of sexual abuse while a trump supporter he would have no trouble getting support

from certain types.

these people overlooked his personal life and what happened when he was governor and elected him to congress.

but it's his being critical of a scumbag like trump they have a problem with.

[Iliyah]

2. Is this the same guy who left his wife for

a mistress from Latin America? Same guy who is in CNN?

Am I missing something????????????????????

[JI7]

3. yes, the appalachian trail guy but not sure what you mean by CNN

he was governor and now a member of congress.

[Iliyah]

4. Isn't he a political contributor (GOP) on CNN?

I see the GOP, as usual plays victim.

[SCantiGOP]

5. He was on there several times a few years ago

But he was not ever affiliated with CNN.

And, believes it or not, he is the “best”
of the 6 SC GOP reps. He’s decent on environmental issues and is only as conservative as he has to be on social issues.
Not a really positive comment on him; more a commmentary on how bad the other 5 are - like Joe ‘you lie’ Wilson.