South Carolina GOP open to canceling state’s 2020 primary to protect Trump from challenge
The Republican Party in South Carolina is weighing whether to cancel its presidential nominating contest in 2020 in an effort to protect President Trump from potential challengers.
Drew McKissick, the chairman of the South Carolina GOP, told the Washington Examiner that the party would do “what’s in the president’s best interest.”
{mosads}“We have complete autonomy and flexibility in either direction,” McKissick said. “Considering the fact that the entire party supports the president, we’ll end up doing what’s in the president’s best interest.”
He added that he doesn’t think Trump will face a challenger in the primary and said there have been no official discussions about canceling the primary.
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