Mark Sanford will challenge President Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination.
Sanford, a former two-term governor of South Carolina, announced on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace that he will join ex-Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld and former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh in launching a long-shot campaign for the White House. No sitting president has lost his party’s nomination since former President Chester A. Arthur in 1884.
The 59-year-old, who served South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District covering the coastal region around Charleston from 1995 to 2001 and then again 2013 to 2019, had been openly mulling the prospect of a primary challenge pegged on the need for the GOP to reclaim its image as the party of fiscal conservatism.
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OFFICIAL: @MarkSanford will challenge President @realDonaldTrump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination.https://t.co/izAknXTvLV
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) September 8, 2019
We have a storm coming that we are neither talking about nor preparing for given that we, as a country, are more financially vulnerable than we have ever been since our Nation’s start and the Civil War. We are on a collision course with financial reality. We need to act now.
— Mark Sanford (@MarkSanford) September 8, 2019
@realDonaldTrump has ruled out action on the very things that drive spending and accumulated debt. Debate is even being cancelled on the Republican side, though I believe we need a conversation and action more than ever given our present course.
— Mark Sanford (@MarkSanford) September 8, 2019
I have a unique vantage point and set of experiences – as a Governor, as a Member of Congress and as a taxpayer outside of politics. I do believe we must have this conversation now and humbly I step forward.
— Mark Sanford (@MarkSanford) September 8, 2019
I ask for your wisdom, prayers, suggestions and time along the road ahead. Please join us – get involved – and know how much I would appreciate hearing from you.
— Mark Sanford (@MarkSanford) September 8, 2019
Ummmmm…no thank you.
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