Says he wants to test the wind for a possible run against one Donald J. Trump?
Hmmmm?
Lets see how HARD Trump responds to this?…..
Mark Sanford, still mulling a possible 2020 presidential bid, will travel to New Hampshire on Tuesday as he nears a final decision on launching a serious run against Donald Trump.
In an interview with The Post and Courier, the former South Carolina congressman and governor said his trip to the key early presidential primary state will not include public events.
Instead, he will be “quietly having meetings” with individuals he trusts to give him honest feedback on the best political path forward.
He did not identify who those people are.
“Frankly, it’s even more daunting than it seemed four weeks ago,” Sanford said, referring to his admission of a possible presidential campaign. Sanford has said he is considering it as a means of pushing a national debate about America’s mounting debt, deficit and government spending.
At the time, Sanford had said he planned to take roughly 30 days to make up his mind. If he finds a presidential run is not viable, Sanford said he might pursue setting up a think tank aimed at addressing the deficit. …
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Looks like he’s gonna try Jack…..
Former congressman Mark Sanford said Friday that he is “growing ever closer” to mounting a Republican primary challenge against President Trump following a visit this week to New Hampshire.
Sanford, a former South Carolina governor who represented the state’s 1st Congressional District in the House until earlier this year, said he found “a lot of folks who were open and receptive” to a White House bid during his visit to the nation’s first presidential primary state.
“At this point I am growing ever closer in that direction,” Sanford said during an interview on CNN, adding that he has “a couple more T’s to cross and I’s to dot.”…
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The Charleston Post Courier released a poll today showing Sanford with 2%(Yes you read that right) support in a S.C. primary with Trump over 90%.
If Sanford runs he is going to be humiliated.
Former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC), who is weighing a primary bid against President Trump, said that he would vote for the president over a Democrat even though he also said Trump doesn’t deserve reelection, The Hill reports.
Explained Sanford: “Everything is relative in politics.”…
Politicalwire…
He’s a clown and his candidacy is a joke.
FYI….
Trump has a 95 percent to 2 percent lead over former South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford among likely GOP primary voters in the Palmetto State, according to a recent poll conducted by the Post and Courier and Change Research. Sanford is considering a primary challenge to Trump….
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66 percent of Democratic voters think Biden would probably defeat Trump in the general election, according to an Economist/YouGov survey released this week, the highest mark for any Democratic candidate. A majority of Democrats also think that Sanders (60 percent) and Warren (58 percent) would be likely to win a general election…
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Warren leads among likely Democratic primary voters in Wisconsin with 29 percent of the vote, according to the Crooked/Change Research poll. Sanders, with 24 percent, and Biden, at 20 percent, are the only other candidates in double digits….
538…