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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/13/trump-basher-mark-sanford-who-president-called-nothing-but-trouble-ousted-in-key-south-carolina-primary.html

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Incumbent Republican South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford, a frequent Trump critic who the president has lambasted as "nothing but trouble" and "very unhelpful," was ousted in Tuesday night's primary by state Rep. Katie Arrington.

On a key primary night with elections also held in Maine, Nevada and North Dakota, the results in South Carolina were an unmistakably positive referendum on President Trump's first term so far.

Arrington's shock win was a dramatic rebuke of Sanford's heated "Never Trump" rhetoric and scandal-pocked career. It also signaled that the president's base in the state remains solidly behind him ahead of November's midterm elections, despite withering criticism from both inside and outside the Republican party.

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Well I guess Mark can move back to Argentina and try his luck again there.

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What a clown.  Glad as hell he's gone -- a total embarassment.

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Is there a policy reason, or was this personal?  Sanford is to the right of his party on fiscal matters.  Arrington is a defense contractor.

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Is there a policy reason, or was this personal?  Sanford is to the right of his party on fiscal matters.  Arrington is a defense contractor.

Personal.  He didn’t lick Trump’s boots enough in public, notwithstanding his voting record.

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Sadly, Romney and Rubio supporter Arrington doesn't look to be a much better choice.
The Republic is lost.

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Well, I hear the Appalachian Trail is nice.
I disagree.  Circle gets the square.

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Well, I hear the Appalachian Trail is nice.

I have less of a problem with him having an affair than I do with him telling voters he was on the Appalachian trail when he was actually incommunicado out of the country.  He was the Governor of a state -- you don't lie to people about being out of the country.

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I have less of a problem with him having an affair than I do with him telling voters he was on the Appalachian trail when he was actually incommunicado out of the country.  He was the Governor of a state -- you don't lie to people about being out of the country.


Sure, but my point was, since he has the free time now, maybe he should actually see it.
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Sadly, Romney and Rubio supporter Arrington doesn't look to be a much better choice.

I'm not so sure. I can't find where she disappeared to a foreign country while she was on the govt' payroll.

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I'm not so sure. I can't find where she disappeared to a foreign country while she was on the govt' payroll.

I'm not sure there are any winners in this one. Sanford was a good conservative but a total idiot on several fronts. Arrington sounds like she may be another Susan Collins in the making.
The Republic is lost.

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Well, I hear the Appalachian Trail is nice.

Would that be the one in the Appalachian mountains, or the one in Argentina?

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Would that be the one in the Appalachian mountains, or the one in Argentina?


He and his Argentinian paramour explored the treasure trail.
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I'm not sure there are any winners in this one. Sanford was a good conservative but a total idiot on several fronts. Arrington sounds like she may be another Susan Collins in the making.

Local politics is local. The locals down there voted for her so she is their problem if she is a kook.

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Local politics is local. The locals down there voted for her so she is their problem if she is a kook.

True dat.
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It's another open seat.  I believe this makes 41 for the Republicans.  The partisan voter index is R+10, so she will be favored, but the RNC will have to divert money to the district.

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Well I guess Mark can move back to Argentina and try his luck again there.

Maybe he can relive this:  He said he found his 'soulmate.'

His remarks on Facebook are longer than the total of all his 2014 speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives.

He sounds a wee bit loony tunes.
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Maybe he can relive this:  He said he found his 'soulmate.'

His remarks on Facebook are longer than the total of all his 2014 speeches on the floor of the House of Representatives.

He sounds a wee bit loony tunes.

Yeah, well, when his "soulmate" found out his political career was screwed over, suddenly she didn't agree with that assessment.

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Yeah, well, when his "soulmate" found out his political career was screwed over, suddenly she didn't agree with that assessment.

I thought he was still banging Evita?

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"We are the party of Donald J. Trump" according to Arrington.

Lol, not cultic at all.

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"We are the party of Donald J. Trump" according to Arrington.

Lol, not cultic at all.

I think that Arrington comment is a lot classier than when Sanford blamed Trump for Scalise getting shot....

President Trump is “partially to blame” for the hostile, polarized environment that led to Wednesday’s shooting during a baseball practice being held by congressional Republicans, Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., said on Thursday.

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I think that Arrington comment is a lot classier than when Sanford blamed Trump for Scalise getting shot....

President Trump is “partially to blame” for the hostile, polarized environment that led to Wednesday’s shooting during a baseball practice being held by congressional Republicans, Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., said on Thursday.

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I don't think class is the problem with Arrington's remark---just stupid personality cult crap.  But yeah, I agree, that remark of Sanford's was indefensible. 

But when he said he pledges allegiance to the flag, not Trump?  He's right.

Btw, what's with a supposed fair and balanced news organization describing him as a "Trump basher?"