It would be easy to say that because of Graham’s profile it was the wrong year for him to run. Graham will likely be a highly sought-after endorsement for those still in the race, though he’s given no indication of who he would back. John McCain, also lamented Graham’s departure from the contest on Monday.
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Graham responded: “Hispanics are Americans”. But over the summer, political neophytes like Trump and Ben Carson surged to the front of the pack and forced far better-known candidates, such as former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, to fight for support.
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The withdrawal came on the last day Graham could remove his name from the South Carolina Republican primary ballot, sparing him possible embarrassment in his home state given his paltry standing in the polls.
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Graham, a senator from SC, made the announcement in a Youtube video message, which said he was suspending his campaign for president, Xinhua reported. “And this idea of killing every man, woman and child in the Middle East does not make us safer”, Graham said.
He started his campaign with a festive rally in his hometown, Central, South Carolina, and often recalled growing up above a pool hall and helping to raise his sister. He never climber higher than 2 percent support in national polls.
Republican Lindsey Graham has ended his Presidential bid, after failing to make any headway. As he does as one of the nation’s most influential senators, Graham was in command on issues from immigration to foreign policy. While Graham has a record of voting against marriage equality and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, he is also a longtime bachelor who has been dubbed “ambiguously gay” by a conservative activist, though Graham has consistently denied the persistent rumors.
To be fair, people can’t support you if they don’t know about you, and in a world where histrionics and shocking statements are seemingly the only way to get media coverage, someone like Donald Trump can simply suck all the air out of the room, leaving other voices completely unheard.
“The centrepiece of my campaign has been securing our nation”, he said. SC votes third in the GOP primary process. Lindsey Graham has dropped out of the race for the White House.
South Carolina GOP Chairman Matt Moore said the candidate who performs well in South Carolina on February 20 will appeal to the three spectrums of conservatism in the state: social, fiscal and military.
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“We haven’t been the wild-haired fanatic that people think we are when it comes to backing candidates”, said David Woodard, a political science professor at Clemson University, about SC. Left out of the so-called undercard debate with lower-polling candidates in November, he spent that night online offering commentary about his rivals. “It has been the joy of my life to run for President of the United States”.
