With the Republican nomination all but secured despite a longshot challenge from Nikki Haley, President Donald Trump’s campaign is heading toward the South Carolina primary election this weekend with overwhelming support from the grassroots and the party elite in the Palmetto State.
During the last contested GOP primary in 2016, the state’s top Republican elected officials split in their endorsements for the presidential primary.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) endorsed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. Then-Gov. Haley and Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) endorsed Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)
This time around, the vast majority of top South Carolina Republican politicians have scrambled to associate themselves with the former president that their constituents love….
