South Carolina Senator and former GOP presidential candidate Tim Scott has officially endorsed Donald Trump for president, snubbing fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley.
From The New York Post:
The decision by Scott to endorse Trump ahead of the Jan. 23 New Hampshire primary is a blow to Scott’s fellow South Carolinian, former Palmetto State Gov. Nikki Haley — who appointed Scott in December 2012 to the Senate seat he has since won twice on his own.
Haley, 51, is Trump’s nearest challenger in New Hampshire, and the consensus among political observers is that she must win the Granite State to deny the 45th president a cakewalk to the Republican nomination in Milwaukee later this year.
In backing Trump, Scott also joins his Senate colleague Lindsey Graham and current South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster in turning their backs on Haley in favor of the former president.
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