Nine years ago, then-South Carolina Republican Gov. Mark Sanford’s political career seemed to disappear along the Appalachian Trail. Sanford was able to resurrect his political life with a successful bid for Congress from South Carolina’s First District, even after it was discovered that his trail trip was actually an extramarital affair in Argentina.
On Tuesday, Sanford’s career may go down the tubes again. Unlike nine years ago, when it took days to figure out that Sanford wasn’t actually on the trail, it doesn’t take days to determine why Sanford is in trouble in 2018.
Sanford is learning a lesson that should be pretty clear by now: the Republican Party belongs to President Donald Trump, and most Republicans who go against him are endangering their political lives. CONT.
Harry Enten, CNN