Mark Sanford (Almost) Endorses Rand Paul

The surrogate race is on.

Representative Mark Sanford at the Congressional Picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on September 17,2014 ISP photo by Dennis Brack/Black Star

Photographer: Pool/Getty Images
Lock
This article is for subscribers only.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C.—South Carolina sends six Republicans to the House of Representatives. If the Rand Paul campaign has its way, at least half of them will endorse the Kentucky senator for president. Today, before Paul's foreign policy-focused speech in front of the decommissioned USS Yorktown, his campaign sent out a video from Representative Mick Mulvaney—like Paul, a class of 2010 victor—that all but endorsed the senator.

"Rand is going to be a tremendous candidate for president, and I think he'd make a tremendous president," said Mulvaney into a camera. "I encourage you folks to get involved with the campaign."