The slow and painful death of Trumpism - Trump begging for support for his rallies, as trump embraces Lindsey Graham for help

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Republican former President #DonaldTrump on Jan. 28 will make the first public appearance of his 2024 presidential run in the early voting state of South Carolina since announcing his candidacy in November pic.twitter.com/r5NfvZIGss

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How Is Trump Trying To Get Support Ahead Of South Carolina Campaign Event?

“The Trump campaign is trying to consolidate support. But I don’t think it is going to be as quick as they think,” an anonymous state lawmaker told the Washington Post, before noting that, despite not yet officially announcing his intention to oppose Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seems to have the same amount, if not more, support. “Right now my constituency is as excited about Ron DeSantis as Donald Trump, if not more,” they added.

According to reports, Trump will be joined at the Statehouse in Columbia by two high-profile South Carolina supporters — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Gov. Henry McMaster. Steven Cheung, a spokesman for Trump’s campaign, said the former president “is going to South Carolina to unveil his leadership team, which will show the significant support he has throughout the state, from grass-roots leaders to elected officials.”
Many Previous Trump Supporters Could Be Going To His Opponents

As he is potentially running against two prominent South Carolinians such as governor and onetime U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott, Trump is already in a less-than-ideal situation, as they have their own supporters, which means that his once loyal supporters could now be going to be his opponents.

“Nikki Haley is probably our first South Carolinian since we voted for George Washington that has really had a chance of being president of the United States,” former South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson told the Washington Post, adding, “And I think the Trump folks are going to run into that history.”


We already know that Trump is losing Evangelical Christian supporters, whose support he relied on so heavily in the past, so we were interested to hear what Dave Wilson, president of influential evangelical group Palmetto Family Council, had to say! According to the Washington Post, he believes “there is more than a little bit of softening” of Trump support in South Carolina, saying many had been turned off by some of his recent comments and actions, adding that many evangelicals in the state wanted to wait and see who got into the race before making any drastic decisions.