“Today, I’m suspending my campaign for president”, the SC senator said in a video posted on YouTube, stating that it had been “a campaign we can be proud of” and that was focused on USA security. This has been a problem solvers campaign.
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“I must suspend my campaign”, he said. “At that time, no one stepped forward to join me”, Graham said.
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“Thank you to my friend @LindseyGrahamSC for adding his strong national security voice to this race”.
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“You need to start thinking about policies that actually work”, he said, possibly referring to his ban on Muslim immigration that Graham criticized during last week’s GOP debate.
Graham’s endorsement will likely be sought by those still in the race ahead of the primary in his home state of SC – which follows New Hampshire’s by less than two weeks in February.
Graham has registered at one percent or less nationally.
A Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa Poll taken earlier this month showed Graham recorded with less than 1 percentage point of support in the state that will cast the first votes of the presidential campaign early next year.
Graham was never popular, even with his lunatic Republican constituents.
Graham told CNN the rules hurt his campaign, noting that it’s hard for candidates that have never run before or come from political royalty to reach the main stage.
Graham is the fourth Republican candidate to quit the presidential race following former Texas governor Rick Perry, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal.
When Graham wasn’t advocating for larger defense budgets or pushing to deploy USA troops, his role in the campaign was to attack other candidates, especially Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or Sen.
When he announced his candidacy in June, Graham said his goal in running was to ensure that national security, terrorism and foreign policy were at the forefront of the policy debate for President.
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“With Sen. Lindsey Graham’s announcement, Republicans lost our most qualified, thoughtful, fearless and honest presidential candidate, not to mention the candidate with the best (and it seemed sometimes the only) sense of humor”, McCain said in a statement. We didn’t always agree with Mr. Graham, notably on social issues including same-sex marriage and abortion, but we respected his principled approach to public office.
