Katie Arrington defeats Trump critic Sanford in South Carolina GOP primary - Polidicks

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/13/in_sc_primary_nevertrump_rep_sanford_is_defeated_137269.html COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Donald Trump is crediting his Election-Day tweet in part for the defeat of a South Carolina Republican congressman who has been critical of his administration. Trump tweeted Wednesday that his advisers didn’t want him to get involved in the Republican primary, thinking Rep. Mark Sanford “would easily win.” But Trump says Rep. Katie Arrington “was such a good candidate, and Sanford was so bad, I had to give it a shot.” Arrington narrowly defeated Sanford after Trump tweeted that Sanford had been unhelpful, adding, “He is better off in Argentina.” That was a reference to Sanford’s surprise disappearance from the state as governor, which he later revealed was to further his affair with an Argentine woman. Sanford’s loss was perhaps the most dramatic result in primaries across five states Tuesday. He becomes the second incumbent House Republican to lose a primary this year — the latest victim of intense divisions among the GOP in the Trump era. Sanford’s voting record is generally conservative, but his criticism of Trump as unworthy and culturally intolerant made him a target of dedicated Trump supporters who often elevate loyalty over policy. Arrington blasted Sanford as a “Never Trumper,” and Trump tweeted a startlingly personal attack hours before polls closed, calling Sanford “MIA and nothing but trouble ... he’s better off in Argentina.” Even for a political figure with no shortage of confidence in challenging party decision-making, the attack was a bold case of going after a sitting member of Congress. It’s almost certain to make other Republicans even more reluctant to take him on, even as Trump stirs divisions on trade, foreign policy and the Russia investigation. Sanford said Tuesday night that “I stand by every one of those decisions to disagree with the president.” Sanford had never lost a political race in South Carolina, and his defeat Tuesday came amid a roller-coaster political career. Despite the scandal over the affair, he completed his second term as governor and voters sent him to Congress two years later. In her victory speech, Arrington asked Republicans to come together, saying “We are the party of President Donald J. Trump.”

And the consolidation of power begins.

While this is bad; Mark Sanford was an incompetent buffoon and a shitstain to many South Carolinian's due to his actions(inactions?) many moons ago as governor. Not many people in the state like him. It's kinda like Lindsey Graham, but somehow some idiots still vote on him for senate.

Problem is, given that the person who replaced him is a Trump supporter, they're guaranteed to be worse. After all, anyone who supports Trump supports internment camps for children and his fascist tendencies.

People really need to start recognizing that there is no longer a GOP and Donald Trump, it's one in the same. Anti-Trump Republicans are either being voted out and replaced or are resigning.

There's a coup going on in the party, frankly it's been going on for a long time, but as of 2016 it now has a face, and that face is a jack-o-lantern.

I swear by God this holy oath, that I will render to Adolf Hitler, Führer of the German Reich and People, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, unconditional obedience, and that I am ready, as a brave soldier, to risk my life at any time for this oath...

Anyone willing to put up an American for...approximately 8 years before World War 3?