Pondering a Bid, Mark Sanford Says Trump Doesn’t Deserve Second Term
- Ex-GOP lawmaker says potential challenge not ‘vanity project’
- Misgivings aside, he’d still vote for Trump over a Democrat
Mark Sanford addresses a crowd in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
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Mark Sanford said he’s exploring a bid for the 2020 Republican nomination since Donald Trump doesn’t deserve re-election -- but that he’d still vote for the president over a Democrat.
“He’s taking us in the wrong direction,” Sanford said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, citing business investments “cratering” over the past few months because “nobody knows what’s going to come next” on Trump’s trade policies or other White House initiatives.