Bush stressed the importance of this years election stating, “what’s at stake is our very way of life”. Graham never broke out of the GOP undercard debates or the low single digits in national polls.
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Graham dropped out of the presidential race in December. “He will be the president that can reset the world, bring us together and solve hard problems”, Graham said.
Graham took a shot at bombastic billionaire Trump, slamming his call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States as disastrous.
While running for president, Graham sparred constantly and publicly with party front-runner Donald Trump, who lambasted the endorsement on Twitter.
His endorsement is a major get for Bush, who has struggled to gain traction in the contest.
Alluding to Trump and Sen. But whatever impact, if any, Graham’s support might have, it was likely negated by a devastating report that many of Bush’s wealthy donors are not only planning to jump ship, but are only giving money to his campaign out of loyalty to his family.
“The thing I like about Jeb is that he hasn’t run away”, Graham told reporters.
“Seriously??” tweeted Matthew Dowd, an ABC News political analyst. An endorsement from the hawkish Graham could help Bush in a state with a large military presence. Today, he said, the dominant figures in South Carolina GOP politics are new leaders like Gov. Nikki Haley, U.S. Sen.
Those three “have risen up from the grass roots and knocked off establishment figures”, Haynes said.
It may not be the most coveted of endorsements – 2012 Republican nominee Mitt Romney’s would be far more valuable. Marco Rubio of Florida.
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“Last night (in the Republican debate) he said, ‘I will have your backs.’ I believe he will. Last night he explained in the best possible terms why we need partners to win a war we can’t afford to lose”.
