Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford officially began his GOP primary challenge to President Trump in front of historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Wednesday. Only one person apart from media and campaign staff showed up to hear Sanford's remarks.
Sanford, 59, alienated Trump early in his presidency as a member of Congress when he did not vote in line with other House Republicans who typically supported Trump's policies. Sanford lost his bid for reelection in 2018 after Trump endorsed Katie Arrington for the South Carolina seat. "Mark Sanford has been very unhelpful to me in my campaign to MAGA," Trump said before the 2018 GOP primary. "He is MIA and nothing but trouble. He is better off in Argentina," the president also said, in reference to an illicit sexual affair that caused Sanford to abandon his duties as governor and flee to Buenos Aires in 2009. "I fully endorse Katie Arrington for Congress in SC, a state I love. She is tough on crime and will continue our fight to lower taxes. VOTE Katie!"
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