Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford will launch a longshot primary challenge for the 2020 Republican nomination
"I had planned to announce that back home this week. We had a hurricane come visit us on the coast of South Carolina so that sort of disrupted plans on that front," Sanford said in an interview on"Fox News Sunday.""But I am here to tell you now, that I am going to get in.
Read MoreFaces long oddsSanford, who has been privately considering whether to run since leaving office in January, faces long odds in his bid against Trump, whose approval rating among Republicans has consistently been around 90%. His decision to challenge Trump comes after losing his primary race last year for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District where he failed to find support in the state's Republican Party as a vocal critic of the President.
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