Mark Sanford Is Running for President

Trump gets a new GOP challenger
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Sep 8, 2019 9:03 AM CDT
Mark Sanford Is Running for President
In this Aug. 26, 2019, file photo, former Rep. Mark Sanford speaks with attendees at Rep. Jeff Duncan's annual fundraiser in Anderson, SC.   (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

President Trump just picked up another opponent in the Republican primaries: Mark Sanford, the former South Carolina governor and congressman, has decided to launch a longshot challenge to the current occupant of the Oval Office, reports the AP. "I am here to tell you now that I am going to get in," Sanford said in an interview on Fox News Sunday. When asked why he was taking on an incumbent who's popular within the party, Sanford said: "I think we need to have a conversation on what it means to be a Republican. I think that as the Republican Party, we have lost our way."

The 59-year-old Sanford has long been an outspoken critic of Trump's. He frequently questioned Trump's motivations and qualifications during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election and called Trump's candidacy "a particularly tough pill to swallow."

(More Mark Sanford stories.)

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