GOP Rep. Mark Sanford says Trump threatened to back a primary challenger against him
South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford says President Trump threatened to back a GOP primary challenger against him in his 2018 re-election campaign.
In an interview published by the Post and Courier on Thursday, the Republican lawmaker said the president sent Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney last week to deliver a message on what would happen should he vote against the House GOP’s healthcare bill.
“‘The president asked me to look you square in the eyes and to say that he hoped that you voted ‘no’ on this bill so he could run (a primary challenger) against you in 2018,'” Sanford said Mulvaney told him.
Sanford added that Mulvaney, a former fellow congressman from South Carolina, did not want to deliver the message, but did so at the behest of his boss.
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